RPC III, 773

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 773
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹΕΙΤωΝ
Reverse design horseman (Emperor?) galloping, right, his mantle floating, brandishing spear in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Axis 6
Reference AMNG 2237
Specimens 10 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 10: same rev. die as 769A/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 9
2 2     L
3 3     P: 904
4 4     B: Rauch
5 5     Kagan coll.
6 6     Lanz 112, 25–26 Nov. 2002, lot 492
7 7     V. Bekov, 'Roman provincial coins of Odessa's from the collection of Aleksandar Rusev', Journal of Historical and Archaeological Research 1–2/2016, p. 182, no. 6
8 8     ETB coll., ex eBay Savoca
9 9     Artemide Aste Unreserved Auction 30, 21 Aug. 2019, lot 132
10 10     ✸ Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2495 = ETB coll., ex Gorny & Mosch EA 271, 29 May 2020, lot 144