RPC III, 749

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 749
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Nominative Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right with paludamentum seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo (?) standing left, naked but a drapery on his right shoulder, holding patera in his right hand and two arrows (?) or laurel branch in his left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Axis 6
Reference Mouchmov 17
Specimens 5 (0 in the core collections)
Note For the laurel-branch, see /4 and Varbanov 629-30.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 2330
2 2     Trade 2006 (Aiello)
3 3     Helios Numismatik shop
4 4     ✸ Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2506 = ETB coll., ex Berk Buy or Bid Sale 206, 15 Nov. 2018, lot 375
5 5     Savoca Coins Blue 175th Blue, 16 Sept. 2023, lot 117