RPC III, 2543A

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2543A
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Sardis
Region Lydia
City Saitta
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Magistrate Claudius Machairion (archon)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒΑϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανός Καῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανός Καῖσαρ Σεβασ(τὸς)
Translation Emperor Trajan Hadrian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ ΚΛ ΜΑΧΑΙΡΙΩΝΟϹ ΑΡΧ ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Edition ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου Μαχαιρίωνος ἄρχοντος Σαϊττηνῶν ἐπὶ Κλ(αυδίου) Μαχαιρίωνος ἄρχ(οντος) Σαϊττηνῶν
Translation under Claudius Machairion archon, of the Saittians
Reverse design Tyche standing right, clasping hands with Emperor, togate, standing left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Average weight 14.13 g
Axis 5, 6
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies. 1–2: same obv. die as 2543/1.
Note P. Weiss, 'Hadrian in Lydien', Chiron 25 (1995), pp. 213-24.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Leu EA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2583 = ETB coll., ex Naville 24, 17 July 2016, lot 311
2 2     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex Aufhäuser 9 ,1992, lot 317; Gordy and Mosch 276, P. Weiss coll., lot 372)