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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/605 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | III |
Number | 605 |
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 and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, with paludamentum(?), 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 | 22 mm |
Average weight | 5.73 g |
Reference | Papaefthymiou, pp. 49–50, no. 2 |
Specimens | 1 (1 in the core collections) |