RPC III, 2284

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2284
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Apollonia Salbace
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Lucius Timotheos (strategos)
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Caesar Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Λ ΤΕΙΜΟΘΕΟΥ ϹΤΡ ΑΠΟ-Λ/ΛΩ-Ν
Reverse design Demeter wearing long chiton standing left, holding ears of corn in right hand, left resting on long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 6, 12
Reference Robert 261, N
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Note Rev. inscription is ΕΠΙ Λ.... not ΕΠΙ ΚΛ....., as is now clear from the new specimen 5
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: New College
2 2     P: 347 ex Pellerin = Mélanges II, p. 64 = RN 1853, pp. 176-7, no. 18 = Robert Pl. XLVIII, 21
3 3     Cop SNG 150
4 4     NY: 1944.100.47730
5 5     CGT coll.
6 6     CGT coll., ex eBay Savoca
7 7     CGT coll., ex eBay Gitbud & Naumann
8 8     ✸ Naumann 101, 4 Apr. 2021, lot 460