RPC III, 6580C

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6580C
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAI[
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Trai[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Trai[---]
Obverse design radiate and laureate bust of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription GENIVM [ROMAN]OR
Edition Genium Romanor(um)
Translation for the Genius of the Romans
Reverse design Genius/Tyche standing facing, head left, holding small Nike on globe (?) and cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 6.87 g
Axis 6
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Presumably from a Roman colony. The only other occurrences of a legend with the word GENIVM in RPC are on coins of Apamea in Bithynia and Olbasa in Pisidia. The obv. has some similarity with Apamea RPC III, 1033 (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/9531).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ CGT coll.