RPC III, 2086

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2086
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Apelles (grammateus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΤ-ΙϹΤΗϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus conditor
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΑΠΕΛΛΟΥ ΓΡΑ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus Larasios seated left, holding Nike on his extended right hand, left resting on sceptre; before him, Artemis Ephesia standing facing, between two stags
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 36 mm
Axis 1, 6
Reference BMC 136
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 136
2 2     V: GR 30822
3 3     ✸ B: 18301796, 1848/8658
4 4     B: Fox
5 5     Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26 June 1950, lot 755 (ex Brüder Egger XLVI, Th. Prowe coll., 11 May 1914, lot 1577; R. Ball VI, 9 Feb. 1932, lot 805)
6 6     Paramount 48, 7–8 Jan. 1977, lot 698
7 7     CNG Mail Bid Sale 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1012
8 8     Naville 38, 11 Mar. 2018, lot 224 = CNG EA 500, 22 Sept. 2021, lot 602