RPC III, 668

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 668
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Thasos
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ Κ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Hadrianus
Obverse design bare-headed draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΘΑϹΙΩΝ
Reverse design Heracles Sôter naked standing left, resting on club with his right hand, holding lion skin on his left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 5
Reference Le Rider, Guide de Thasos no. 69, Varbanov 2998
Specimens 8 (6 in the core collections)
Note Not a complete list
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: Y 12 577 Le Rider, Guide de Thasos (1967), pl. V, 69
2 2     P: 2320
3 3     P: 2323
4 4     P: 2324
5 5     V: GR 9288
6 6     B: 18262664, 430/1871
7 7     Yale: 2004.6.1138
8 8     ✸ Lanz 162, 6 June 2016, lot 270 = Solidus Premium Auction 39, 24 Mar. 2019, lot 40