RPC IV.1, 9297 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 9297 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Hadrianopolis
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Gaius Iulius Commodus Orfitianus (legatus Augusti pro praetore)
Dating c. 154/5
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of Antoninus Pius wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΗΓ Ι ΚΟΜΜΟΔΟΥ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated on rock, left, holding ears of corn(?), resting arm on rock; resting foot on swimming river-god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 6
Reference Jurukova 12, Varbanov II, 3176
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Sofia: 8693 Jurukova 12, pl. 2
2 2     Plovdiv, National Museum (coll. D.E. Tacchella 106)
3 3     ✸ P: 592 (475)
4 4     Lischine 398, cast at the Griechishes Münzwerk, Berlin