RPC III, 6572A

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6572A
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription [ ]ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[ ]
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription [ ]
Reverse design temple with two columns, enclosing Cybele standing facing., holding tymanum and ears of corn in her raised left hand; at her feet, lions
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Added 21.7.16. Attributed by Ebay to Magnesia ad Sipylum. Cybele does indeed occur there, and, since there are coins of Sabina, we should expect something for Hadrian. But the inscription is not legible.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ R. Pudill coll.