RPC III, 604

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 604
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Edessa
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Dating AD 131/2?
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανὸς Καῖσαρ
Translation Emperor Hadrian Caesar
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΔΕϹϹΑΙΩΝ
Edition Ἐδεσσαίων
Translation of the Edessaeans
Reverse design turreted (helmeted?) figure of the city of Edessa standing left holding female figure (Nike?) on extended right hand and spear; at left, goat
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.18 g
Reference Papaefthymiou, p. 50, no. 3
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B
2 2     BCD
3 3     BCD
4 4 –5     'Dion 1999’ hoard (see S. Kremydi-Sicilianou, Multiple Concealments from the Sanctuary of Zeus Olympios at Dion. Three Roman Provincial Coin Hoards (Meletèmata 35, Athens, 2004), p. 113, nos 1454–1455 and fig. 85, pl. 7)