RPC III, 678


Image of specimen #5

Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	678
Province	Thrace
Region	Thrace
City	Abdera
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝ
Edition	Αὐτοκ(ράτορα) Καί(σαρα) Ἁδριανόν
Translation	for Emperor Caesar Hadrianus
Obverse design	bare head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription	ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΙϹ ΑΒΔΗΡΕΙΤΑΙ
Edition	Ἁδριανεῖς Ἀβδηρεῖται
Translation	the Hadrianeian Abderites
Reverse design	laureate, draped and cuirassed male head, right
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	17 mm
Average weight	3.96 g
Axis	6
Reference	Chryssanthaki 931
Specimens	5 (1 in the core collections)
Note	The obverse legend was read as ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ Κ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝ by Chryssanthaki

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1		Abdera excavations E 91/18	16.7	4.30			Show
2	2		Abdera excavations		4.20			Show
3	3		Abdera excavations		4.09			Show
4	4		Abdera excavations		3.15			Show
5	5 ✸	NY: 1944.100.15682		16.6	4.07	6	Mi (Supp. 2, 303/612) describes the reverse type as Antinous	Show