RPC III, 748

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 748
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right with paludamentum seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Φιλιπποπολειτῶν
Translation of the Philippopolitans
Reverse design Apollo (?) standing left, naked but a drapery on his right shoulder, holding patera in his right hand and two arrows (?) in his left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 14.62 g
Reference Mouchmov 16, Varbanov 629
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 754/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 4200
2 2     ✸ Moruzzi Numismatica, Flavia 2007, Catalogo di vendita a prezzi netti, lot 201
3 3     Hirsch 269, 23–24 Sept. 2010, 2804