RPC III, 710

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 710
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Perinthus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Maecilius Nepos (presbeutes and antistrategos)
Dating AD 117/19?
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερ(μανικός)
Translation Emperor Traianus Hadrianus Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΙΝΘΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ ΜΑΙΚ ΝΕΠ ΠΡ ϹΕΒ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤ
Edition Περινθίων ἐπὶ Μαικ(—) Νεπ(—) πρ(εσβευτοῦ) Σεβ(αστοῦ) καὶ ἀντ(ιστρατήγου)
Translation of the Perinthians, under Maecilius Nepos, imperial presbeutes and antistrategos
Reverse design Athena standing left, her right hand resting on spear; her left on her hip; at her feet, an owl; behind her, a shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 21.71 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Sch 370–2
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 18239252, I-B MG 43/29
2 2     NY: 1944.100.16409
3 3     Lischine 750
4 4     ✸ Roma Numismatics 4, 30 Sept. 2012, lot 2134 (ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions 4, 5 Dec. 2011, lot 80)
5 5     Leu EA 26, 8–13 July 2023, lot 2161