RPC III, 615

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 615
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 Jupiter standing left holding patera and sceptre; at feet, owl on left and serpent on right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 5.71 g
Reference Kremydi, p.186, Hadrian 15
Specimens 7 (0 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Dion: 831
2 2 –4     'Dion 1999’ hoard (p. 100, no. 115–117)
5 5     'Dion 1999’ hoard
6 6     'Dion 2000’ hoard (pp. 130, no. 7 and fig. 133, pl. 12)
7 7     ✸ Gorny & Mosch EA 278, 21 Apr. 2021, lot 3468