RPC III, 6562

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6562
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Silver coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ϹΕΒ ΑΡΧ Μ Π Π ΥΠΑ Γ
Edition Σεβ(αστὸς) Ἀρχ(ιερεὺς) Μ(έγιστος) Π(ατὴρ) Π(ατρίδος) ὕπα(τος) γʹ
Translation Augustus, chief priest, father of the fatherland, consul three times
Reverse design Demeter veiled seated left, holding ears of corn in her right hand and torch on her left arm
Metal silver
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.31 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note 6561 and 6562 seem to belong together, as they share the same unusual reverse inscription, Seb(astos) Arch(iereus) M(egistos) P(ater) P(atridos) Hypa(tos) Γ (our thanks to Kevin Butcher who deciphered the inscription, adding that archiereus megistos was commonly placed after sebastos in Hadrian’s titles). But there is no room for such coins in Caesarea, Amisus or Syria
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Kagan coll.