RPC III, 2402

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2402
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Sardis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Titus Flavius Metrophanes
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery over shoulders
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Τ ΦΛΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΦΑΝΟΥ ϹΑΡΔΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design temple with six columns within which statue of Dionysus (?) holding cantharus (?) over panther (?) and thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 6
Specimens 2 (0 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     Weigel coll. (ex Schulman, T. O. Mabbott coll., 6-11 June 1969, lot 1836; Coin Galleries, 18 July 1990, lot 519)
2 2     ✸ CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 573