RPC III, 761

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 761
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Coela
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP ADRIAN
Edition Imp(erator) Adrian(us)
Translation Emperor Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription AEL CO GEN MV
Edition Ael(ii) Co(elani) Gen(ius) Mu(nicipii)
Translation Genius of the Aelian colony of Coela
Reverse design Genius standing left, holding simulacrum in right hand and cornucopia in left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 12 mm
Average weight 1.83 g
Axis 6, 8
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note L and N retrograde
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     C SNG 1707
2 2     Kölner Münzkabinett 106, 11 Mar. 2017, lot 48 ( ex Kölner Münzkabinett 105, 16 Sep.2016, lot 250)
3 3     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex Roma Numismatics 93, 6 Jan. 2022, lot 623 = ETB coll.)