RPC III, 613

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 613
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Dium
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Dating AD 129 onwards
Obverse inscription IMP CAIS HADRIANO AVG OLVMPIO
Edition Imp(eratori) Ca{i}<e>s(ari) Hadriano Aug(usto) Olympio
Translation to Emperor Caesar Hadrian Augustus Olympios
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL - AVG DIENSIS, D D (in field)
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Diensis d(ecreto) d(ecurionum)
Translation the Julian Augustan colony of Dium, by decree of the decurions
Reverse design Athena/Roma standing left, with patera and spear; at feet, serpent on left and owl on right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.58 g
Axis 6
Reference Kremydi, p.184–186, Hadrian 7 and 13
Specimens 52 (1 in the core collections)
Note 4 obv. dies

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 675
2 2     Dion: 3012
3 3     Dion: 1047
4 4 –43     'Dion 1999’ hoard (Multiple concealments pp. 99–100, no. 75–114 and fig. 9–12, pl. 1)
44 44 –47     'Dion 1998’ hoard (Multiple concealments p. 142, no. 5–8)
48 48 –51     'Dion 2000’ hoard (Multiple concealments p. 130, no. 3–6 and fig. 131–2, pl. 12)
52 52     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2514 = ETB coll.