RPC III, 1107

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 1107
Province Bithynia-Pontus
Region Bithynia
City Bithynium Claudiopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ(ΚΡΑ) ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ[ ]
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟ-ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, his left resting on serpent-staff and holding uncertain object in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Axis 6, 7
Reference Rec —
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die.
Note The new specimen /2 allows the identity of the reverse design to be corrected to Asclepius (from 'Nemesis (?)) in RPC III)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     vA 296
2 2     ✸ O
3 3     G. Simonelli coll.