RPC III, 1026

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1026
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Caesarea Germanica
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ[ ]
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Τραιανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Καῖσαρ Σεβ[---]
Translation Emperor Trajan Hadrian Caesar Augustus [---]
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed buts of Hadrian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΙΑΣ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗΣ (in field), ΚΕΡ-ΣΟ(Υ)
Edition Καισαρείας Γερμανικῆς Κερσού(λλῳ)
Translation of Caesarea Germanica, to (Zeus) Kersoullos
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head left, his right hand resting on sceptre, his left on his hip
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 22.57 g
Axis 2, 7
Reference Rec 3
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 300 Rec pl. XLIV, 3
2 2     L: 1919,0417.58 (Hasluck)
3 3     CGT ex eBay G&N
4 4     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2539 = ETB coll. (ex Numismatic. Naumann 48, 20 Nov. 2016, lot 346)