RPC III, 739


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	739
Province	Thrace
Region	Thrace
City	Mesambria
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription	ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΙϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition	Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Δίς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian twice (acclaimed) Augustus
Obverse design	laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription	ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition	Μεσαμβριανῶν
Translation	of the Mesambrians
Reverse design	Apollo standing left, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre set on column in his left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	30 mm
Average weight	19.16 g
Reference	Karayotov 5–6b, Varbanov 4144
Specimens	5 (0 in the core collections)