RPC III, 1516

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1516
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cyzicus
Region Mysia
City Cyzicus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Hadrian Olympius
Dating AD 129 onwards
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Olympius
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΚΥΖΙΚΗΝΩΝ
Reverse design round building with plain masonry walls, a two-leaved door high up on the facade, surmounted by three feminine figures; the central figure holds two torches, the figures on left and right one; the building is flanked, left and right, by torches with entwined serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference SNG France 638
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 313 SNG 638
2 2     V: GR 16145
3 3     B: 18264330, 1901/694
4 4     N Fiorelli 7882
5 5     N Fiorelli 7883
6 6     CNG MBS 73, 13 Sept. 2006, lot 710 (ex Finarte 26 Nov. 1996, lot 899; CNG Electronic Auction 116, 15 June 2005, lot 152)