RPC III, 1027

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1027
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Caesarea Germanica
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ(Τ)(Ο) (ΚΑΙ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ (or ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ (or ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝ)
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from front
Reverse inscription ΚΑΙΣΑΡΕΙΑ(Σ) ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗ(Σ)
Edition Καισαρείας Γερμανικῆς
Translation of Caesarea Germanica
Reverse design Zeus standing facing, head left, holding thunderbolt (?) in his right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.29 g
Reference Rec 4
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3: same obv. die.
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 301 Rec pl. XLIV, 4
2 2     vA 477
3 3     MM Deutschland 15, Righetti coll. 4, 21–22 Oct. 2004, lot 293
4 4     ✸ Pudill coll.
5 5     ETB coll., Pecunem Gitbud 1, 11 Dec. 2016, lot 88
6 6     Themis 9, 28 Mar. 2021, lot 459
7 7     J. Stelzhammer coll.