RPC III, 3359

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3359
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Mopsus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Undated
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ(Ε)
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Θε(οῦ) Τρα(ϊανοῦ) Παρ(θικοῦ) Υἱ(οῦ) Νέρ(ουα) Υἱ(ωνός) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of divine Trajan Parthicus, grandson of divine Nerva, Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum; in field, ΠΠ
Reverse inscription ΑΔΡΙ ΜΟΨΕΑΤωΝ ΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Ἁδρι(ανῶν) Μοψεατῶν πόλεως
Translation of the city of the Hadrianic Mopsians
Reverse design eagle standing facing, head right, wings spread; below, altar
Metal silver
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 12.99 g
Axis 6, 12
Reference vA 31; Prieur 724
Specimens 10 (3 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 6: same obv. die. 4–5, 7–8: same obv. die.
Note - C: /1, 2, 6; - CE: 4, 5, 7, 8
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 12 (and pl. XVIII, 5)
2 2     P: 757 SNG 1967
3 3     B: Löbb.
4 4     Princeton University Library (P.U.L. 2004–23) (ex MünzZentrum 53, 13–15 Nov. 1984, lot 1830; CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1153 = SNG Levante 1332)
5 5     CNG EA 441, 3 Apr. 2019, lot 327 (ex Prieur coll.)
6 6     Lanz 92, 4–5 June 1999, lot 595 (ex Finarte 995, 26 Nov. 1996, lot 902)
7 7     Gorny & Mosch 122, 10–11 Mar. 2003, lot 1823
8 8     ✸ Künker 97, 7 Mar. 2005, lot 1427
9 9     CGT coll., ex CGB Paris
10 10     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2640 = ETB coll., ex Leu EA 10, 7 Dec. 2019, lot 860