RPC III, 747

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 747
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Nominative Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right with paludamentum seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ΡΟϹ (in ex.)
Reverse design river god (Hebrus) reclining left, holding cornucopia in right hand and reed in left, his left arm resting on overturned amphora from which water flows
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 6
Reference Mouchmov 15, Varbanov 640
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 4787 Mouchmov pl. II, 15, rev.
2 2     Asta Finarte 995, C. Fontana coll., 26 Nov. 1996, lot 894
3 3     ✸ Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2505 = ETB Coll., ex Gorny & Mosch 265, 14 Oct. 2019, lot 869 (ex Lanz 132, 27 Nov. 2006, lot 386)