RPC III, 2359

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2359
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Cibyra
Region Phrygia
City Hydrela
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Apellas, son of Athenagoros
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Hadrianus Olympius
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΑΠΕΛΛΑϹ ΑΘΗΝΑΓΟΡΟΥ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ ΥΔΡΗΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Hera standing right before Zeus Laodikeus and Athena; Hera wears polos and long chiton and rests with her right hand on sceptre; Zeus holds eagle on his right hand, his left resting on sceptre; Athena is standing facing, helmeted, his head left, her right hand lowered, holding shield and spear in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference vA, Phryg., 323–4
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 3
2 2     B: B-I