RPC III, 757

 

Image of specimen #17

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 757
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Sestus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Ἁδριανός Καῖσαρ
Translation Hadrian Caesar
Obverse design laureate (and cuirassed) head or bust of Hadrian, right, (with drapery on left shoulder)
Reverse inscription ϹΗϹΤΙωΝ
Edition Σηστίων
Translation of the Sestians
Reverse design lyre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 15 mm
Average weight 2.81 g
Axis 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12
Reference McClean 4180
Specimens 19 (8 in the core collections)
Note Bust variants added
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     C McClean 4180 (and pl. 151, 9)
3 3     P: 1919
4 4     B: 18247154, I-B
5 5     B: 18247157, 9572
6 6     B: 18247173, 970/1877
7 7     B: 18247174, 697/1895
8 8     NY: 1944.100.16631
9 9     Çannakale SNG 32
10 10     Çannakale SNG 33
11 11     Gorny 101, 6 Mar. 2000, lot 550
12 12     MünzZentrum 160, 31 Aug. 2011, lot 461 (ex MünzZentrum 67, 1989, lot 1371), ex Lagerkatalog Nov./Dec. 2011, lot 394, ex Lagerkatalog Mar. 2012, lot 387
13 13     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2508 = ETB coll., ex Solidus Online Auction 11, 14 Jan. 2017, lot 173
14 14     Numismatik Naumann Auktion 51, 5 Mar. 2017, lot 285
15 15     CGT coll. ex eBay Savoca
16 16     ETB coll., ex Savoca Blue 9, 25 Aug. 2018, lot 847
17 17     ✸ ETB coll., ex Savoca Blue 9, 25 Aug. 2018, lot 847
18 18     CGT coll. ex Savoca 1st blue auction London, 24 Mar. 2019, lot 634
19 19     Savoca 1st blue auction London, 24 Mar. 2019, lot 633