RPC III, 732

 

Image of specimen #12

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 732
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Bizya
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ(Ο) ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανός Καῖσαρ Σεβαστός Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἁδριανός Καῖ(σαρ) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Hadrian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΒΙΖΥΗΝΩΝ
Edition Βιζυηνῶν Βιζυηνῶν
Translation of the Bizyans
Reverse design banquet scene: symposiast reclining left on klinè; woman seated at his feet; on right, forepart of horse, left, right foreleg raised; on left, a boy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.70 g
Axis 6
Reference Jurukova 8
Specimens 16 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 4, 6, 13: same obv. die. 7, 11, 15: same obv. die. 9, 12, 16: same obv. die.
Note See now M. Amandry, 'Térée et Procné représentés sur le monnayage de Bizye?', in D. Boteva (ed.), Ex nummis lux. Studies in ancient coinage in honour of Dimitar Draganov (Sofia, 2017), pp.291-8

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     St Petersburg: 4702
2 2     O: Uncertain
3 3     Evelpidis SNG 907
4 4     Trade 2006 (Aiello)
5 5     CNG MBS 37, 20 Mar. 1996, lot 1025
6 6     CNG EA 227, 10 Feb. 2010, lot 263
7 7     R. Pudill coll. (ex MM Numismatics Ltd I, 7 Dec. 1997, lot 160; Helios 5, 25 June 2010, lot 567)
8 8     CNG EA 271, 11 Jan. 2012, lot 324
9 9     Lanz 161, 7 Dec. 2015, lot 311
10 10     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2500 = ETB coll., ex Naumann 45, 3 July 2016, lot 370
11 11     A-KIKPE CNG Triton XX, 10 Jan. 2017, lot 443 = SNG Kikpe II, 218
12 12     ✸ Savoca Silver 39, 22 Dec. 2019, lot 143 (ex CNG 112, 11 Sept. 2019, lot 419)
13 13     Formerly Lischine coll. 229
14 14     Kinney Coll. (ex Concordia Numismatic 4, 12–13 May 2023, lot 1225)
15 15     CNG EA 592, 30 July 2025, lot 289
16 16     Solidus Numismatik 108, 8 Nov. 2022, lot 245