RPC III, 772

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 772
Province Moesia Inferior
Region Moesia
City Odessus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Second issue
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Nominative Imperator Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΟΔΗϹΕΙΤωΝ
Reverse design Heracles standing left, resting on club with his right hand, lion skin over left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Reference AMNG 2236
Specimens 7 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     V: GR 8177
4 4     SHH 2028
5 5     V. Bekov, 'Roman provincial coins of Odessa's from the collection of Aleksandar Rusev', Journal of Historical and Archaeological Research 1–2/2016, p. 181–2, no. 5
6 6     ✸ Found in Kent, UK
7 7     Antium Numismatica E-Live Auction 4, 8 May 2021, lot 70