RPC III, 749

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 749
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Philippopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right with paludamentum seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Edition Φιλιπποπολειτῶν 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 (?) or laurel branch in his left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.58 g
Axis 6
Reference Mouchmov 17
Specimens 7 (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

# Specimen 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
6 6     Naumann 146, 3 Nov. 2024, lot 421
7 7     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex Emporium 46, Nov. 2001, lot 237)