RPC III, 81

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 81
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤωΝ
Reverse design Asclepius naked standing facing, his right hand resting on serpent-staff, holding serpent in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Reference Sv 108
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
Note Obv. legend is clockwise and starts at 6

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1947,0606.1417
2 2     ✸ V: GR 14500 Sv pl. XXXV, 19 rev.
3 3     V: GR 14501 (T 266)
4 4     Cambridge HUAM 1985.350.235