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
Obverse design emperor in military dress standing left, right foot on prow, holding spear in right hand and parazonium? in left
Reverse inscription ΑΜΦΙΠΟΙ ΑΝϹ (?)
Reverse design Artemis Tauropolos riding on bull, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 3, 9, 12
Specimens 5 (0 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

Number Number 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