RPC III, 1731

 

Image of specimen #7

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1731
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 ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΠΕΡΓΑ ΕΠΙ ϹΤ(Ρ) ΚΛ ΚΕΦΑΛ(Ι)(Ω), ΤΟ Β (in field, l. or r.)
Reverse design male figure (Hermes?) naked standing facing, head left, holding ram’s head in his outstretched right hand, chlamys over left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Reference BMC 271–3, SNG France 2089
Specimens 13 (8 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 271
2 2     L BMC 272 (and pl. XXVIII.15 rev.)
3 3     L BMC 273
4 4     O
5 5     P: S de R SNG 3089
6 6     Cop SNG 479
7 7     ✸ B: 18203298, I-B v Fritze Taf. VI, 3 rev.
8 8     NY: 1944.100.43337
9 9     Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26 June 1950, lot 734
10 10     CGT coll., ex Pecunem 39, lot 569
11 11     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2551 = ETB coll., ex Naville Auction 30, lot 170
12 12     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
13 13     CGT coll., ex eBay Lanz