RPC III, 665

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 665
Province Macedonia
Region Macedonia
City Philippi
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Trajan (Divus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAIA HADR[ ]
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Traia(nus) Hadr[---]
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian [---]
Obverse design laureate bust of Hadrian, with paludamentum seen from front, right
Reverse inscription COLON AVG [IVL PHILIP]
Edition colon(ia) Aug(usta) Iul(ia) Philip(pensis)
Translation the Augustan Julian colony of Philippi
Reverse design base inscribed DIVVS/AVG, statue of Augustus in military dress crowned by statue of Divus Julius wearing toga; to left and right, altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 8.81 g
Reference Varbanov 3782
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1077
2 2     Dresden: AAC 1657