RPC III, 6578


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	6578
Province	Uncertain
Region	Uncertain
City	Uncertain
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Sabina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription	ϹΑΒ[ ]
Edition	Σαβ[---]
Translation	Sab[ina ---]
Obverse design	diademed and draped bust of Sabina, right
Reverse inscription	ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ
Edition	Δήμητρα
Translation	Demeter
Reverse design	Demeter standing left, holding poppy head and sceptre
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	19 mm
Average weight	4.30 g
Axis	6, 12
Specimens	2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links	1: same rev. die as 6577/1.
Note	Compare with the coins of Trajan, RPC III 1137–8 (Koinon of Bithynia), with the inscription ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ.

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				CGT coll. ex Naumann 52, 3 Apr. 2017 (Plankenhorn) lot 1343	19	3.99	12		Show
2	2				CGT coll.	19	4.60	6	reverse different from coin 1 - legend likely blundered (version of ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ?), and Demeter holding corn ears (rather than poppy head)?	Show