RPC IV.2, 487 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 487 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Adramyteum
Region Mysia
City Hadrianeia
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius Aelius Attinas (archon for the second time)
Dating 138–161
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝοϹ
Obverse design bare head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ΕΠΙ Π ΑΙΛ ΑΤΤΙΝΑ ΑΡΧ Το Β ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ
Reverse design Zeus standing, left, wearing wreath, holding patera over eagle with speading wings and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Axis 6
Reference von Fritze Mys. 448
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 5, pl. XVII.7 (rev.), under 'Hadriani ad Olympum' G.F. Hill, JIAN 1 (1898), 244, no. 12 = von Fritze Mys. 448, pl. VII.32 (rev.)
2 2     O
3 3     Wendt-Numismatica 17 (22/06/1977), coll. Hollschek, 327, pl. 11