RPC III, 741

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 741
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Mesambria
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΙϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Δίς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian twice (acclaimed) Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΜΕϹΑΜΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Edition Μεσαμβριανῶν
Translation of the Mesambrians
Reverse design Dionysus seated left, holding cantharus in his right hand, left resting on thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.77 g
Reference Karayotov 7–8, Varbanov 4145
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ V: GR 8734
2 2     Private coll.