RPC III, 1729

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1729
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Pergamum
Region Mysia
City Pergamum
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Kephalion (strategos for the second time)
Dating c. 118
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗ ΕΠΙ ϹΤ(Ρ) ΚΛ ΚΕΦΑΛΙΩ, ΤΟ Β (in field, r)
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, resting on serpent-staff with his right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 12
Reference Cop 480, SNG France 2085–6
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1248 SNG 2085
2 2     P: 1245 SNG 2086
3 3     Cop SNG 480
4 4     ✸ B: 18203288, I-B
5 5     V-ON SNG Leypold 415
6 6     NY: 1953.171.687
7 7     Yale: 2004.6.140, PRF
8 8     Automan coll. (from Forum Ancient Coins website)