RPC III, 6577

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 6577
Province Uncertain
Region Uncertain
City Uncertain
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ [ ]
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian (?), right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ
Reverse design Demeter standing left, holding poppy head and sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same rev. die as 6578/1.
Note Compare with the coins of Trajan, RPC III 1137–8 (Koinon of Bithynia), with the inscription ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ. The rev. die-link with a coin of Sabina suggests Hadrian but it could also be Trajan.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ G. Giorgobiani‎ coll. = Obolos EA 20, 3 Oct. 2021, lot 978