RPC III, 773C

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 773C
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Anchialus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσαρ Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΑΝΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀνχιαλέων
Translation of the Anchialians
Reverse design Artemis advancing right, holding bow in left and drawing arrow from quiver with right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 5.80 g
Axis 12
Reference Varbanov 29
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note No coinage was known for Hadrian so far, though Varbanov lists 4 types (Varbanov 29-32) quoted from Mouchmov. The flan of this coin seems bizarre, the style crude and the portrait odd, but it is tentatively accepted.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll.