RPC III, 6563

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6563
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Bronze coinage
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ [ ] ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription [ ]
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike (?) on his extended right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Reference Schultz 76A
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note This piece, found at Magnesia, was incorporated into the corpus of Magnesia, but the obverse style of the coin prevents this attribution. The cmk was probably applied at Tralles, according to GIC. A mint in the Maeander valley seems likely.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Magnesia Funde