RPC III, 678

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
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

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Abdera excavations E 91/18
2 2     Abdera excavations
3 3     Abdera excavations
4 4     Abdera excavations
5 5     ✸ NY: 1944.100.15682