RPC III, 731

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 731
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Bizya
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Quintus Tineius Rufus (presbeutes and antistrategos)
Dating AD 124/8 (?)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑ(ΙΑ)(Ν) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΥ ΚΑΙϹΑΡΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτορος) Τραϊαν(οῦ) Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος Σεβ(αστοῦ) Γερ(μανικοῦ)
Translation of Emperor Trajan Hadrian Caesar Augustus Germanicus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΤΙΝΕ ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΠΡΕϹΒΕΥΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΝ ΤΟΥ Ϲ ΒΙΖΥΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Τινε(ίου) Ῥούφου πρεσβευτοῦ καὶ ἀν(τιστρατήγου) τοῦ σ(εβαστοῦ) Βιζυηνῶν
Translation under Tineius Rufus, presbeutes and antistrategos of the emperor, of the Bizyans
Reverse design Apollo naked standing facing, legs crossed, head left, holding patera in right hand, his left hand extended on serpent entwisted around omphalos
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 20.13 g
Axis 6
Reference Jurukova 5 corr.
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Note The obverse legend is in the genitive case; 4 and 5: probably the same coin
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Blagoevgrad = Jurukova 5.1 and Taf. 1
2 2     B: 18242990, 1906 Löbbecke Jurukova 5.2
3 3     St Petersburg: 4700 Jurukova 5.3 and Taf. 5.3 (rev.)
4 4     Formerly Lischine coll. 228 = Jurukova 5.4
5 5     H. Schulman, T. O. Mabbott coll. I, 6–11 June 1969, lot 422
6 6     Lanz 135, 21 May 2007, lot 678
7 7     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex Savoca EA 30 Silver, 27 Jan. 2019, lot 222)