RPC III, 711

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 711
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 ΜΑΙ ΝΕΠ ΠΡ ϹΕΒ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΤ
Edition Περινθίων ἐπὶ Μαι(—) Νεπ(—) πρ(εσβευτοῦ) Σεβ(αστοῦ) καὶ ἀντ(ιστρατήγου)
Translation of the Perinthians, under Maecilius Nepos(?), imperial presbeutes and antistrategos
Reverse design on left, Hygieia standing right, feeding serpent with patera; on right, Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting with right hand on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 22.21 g
Axis 6
Reference Sch 373–4
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Evans 1934
2 2     V: GR 8881
3 3     ✸ Princeton ex CNG MBS 58, 19 Sept. 2001, lot 922
4 4     A: Stamoulès coll. 322
5 5     CGT coll., ex Savoca Numismatik EA 16, 25 June 2017, lot 344