RPC III, 2955

 

Image of specimen #26

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 2955
Province Galatia-Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Tyana
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 20
Dating AD 135/6
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ(Ι)(Α) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊα(νὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩ(Ν) ΠΡ(Ο) Τ(ΑΥ) ΙΕΡ ΑϹΥ(ΛΟΥ) ΑΥ(Τ)(ΟΝΟΜΟΥ)
Edition Τυανέων τῶν πρὸ(ς) Ταύ(ρῳ) ἱερ(ᾶς) ἀσύλου αὐτονόμου
Translation of the Tyanans on Taurus, of the sacred, inviolable, autonomous (city)
Reverse design Tyche seated left on rocks, holding ears of corn and buch of grapes in her right hand, her left resting on seat; below, river god, holding club, left; in field, left and right, ΕΤ Κ; (crescent in right field)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.56 g
Axis 12
Reference SNG Cop 316
Specimens 31 (9 in the core collections)
Note ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CEBACTOC: 1, 5, 8; ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CEBACTOC: 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13; ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CEBACTOC: 7, 10, 14, 18, 20, 21, 23; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ Τ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥ: 23; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩ ΠΡ Τ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥΤ: 3, 8, 17, 22; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ Τ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥ: 1, 4, 5, 7, 14; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ ΤΑΥ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥΤ: 6; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ ΤΑΥ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ: 18; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡ ΤΑΥ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥΛΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ: 20; ΤΥΑΝΕΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΡO ΤΑΥ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ ΑΥΤ: 26
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     G SNG 2287
2 2     P: 754
3 3     P: 755
4 4     P: 756
5 5     P: 756a
6 6     P: 1993/815
7 7     Cop SNG 316
8 8     Bern SNG Righetti 1809
9 9     Tübingen SNG 4708
10 10     NY: 1944.100.62507
11 11     NY: 1944.100.62508
12 12     vA 6538
13 13     vA 6539
14 14     Missere 677
15 15     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2705 = ETB coll., ex Lindgren 1735
16 16     Lindgren 1737
17 17     Lindgren A1737A
18 18     CNG EA 101, 10 Nov. 2004, lot 92
19 19     CNG EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, lot 351
20 20     CGT Coll ex VCoins G. Rohde 14709
21 21     Rauch Summer Auction 2013, 18 Sept. 2013, lot 631
22 22     Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 2, 2 Nov. 2013, lot 381
23 23     Henseler 1515, ex Schulten, Apr. 1988, lot 448; MünzZentrum 65, 9 Nov. 1988, lot 282
25 25     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2706 = ETB coll. (ex Leu Numismatik AG Web 3, 25 Feb. 2018, lot 704)
26 26     ✸ Peus 424, 15 May 2019, lot 280
27 27     Freiburg: 12208
29 29     CGT coll. ex G. Rohde coll.
30 30     Boston: 63.950
31 31     Henseler 1516A, ex Zeus Numismatics 7, 2020, lot 430
32 32     Rönesans Salzgitter 1, 3 June 2023, lot 405
33 33     Henseler 1516 = Ganschow 1011c