RPC III, 79

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 79
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Crete
City Koinon of Crete
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΙΝΟΝ ΚΡΗΤΝ (sic)
Reverse design turreted, veiled and draped nymph (Amaltheia), standing right, holding infant Zeus on her left arm; at her feet, cornucopia to left and ? to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 28 mm
Reference Sv —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note Obv. legend is clockwise and starts at 6

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: 1896-97 Z’1