RPC III, 657A

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 657A
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Amphipolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός
Translation Caesar Augustus
Obverse design emperor in military dress standing left, right foot on prow, holding spear in right hand and parazonium? in left
Reverse inscription ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛ[---] ΑΝϹ (?)
Edition Ἀμφιπολ--- ΑΝΣ Ἀμφιπολ[---] ΑΝΣ
Translation of the Amphipolitans [---], ANS(?)
Reverse design Artemis Tauropolos riding on bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.04 g
Axis 3, 9, 11, 12
Specimens 8 (1 in the core collections)
Note Style is similar to 652 and 654. The meaning of the letters on the rev. is not clear.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     CGT coll.
2 2     CGT coll.
3 3     Münster: 1036
4 4     Trade Apr. 2020
5 5     ✸ Numisfitz 3, 3 Dec. 2023, lot 438
6 6     O: HCR127262
7 7     R. Pudill coll. (ex Numisfitz 6, 22 June 2025, lot 681)
8 8     Aycock-Wakefield coll. = ex Aphrodite Art Coins, Auction 32, April 13th, 2025, lot 274