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Æ25 - Hadrian ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ
| Issuer | Hadrianeia (Conventus of Adramyteum) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Reference(s) | RPC III#1619 |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with characteristic short curly hair rendered in the classicizing Hellenistic tradition favored by the emperor. The effigy is depicted with draped shoulders, consistent with provincial civic coinage of the period. The Greek legend ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ encircles the portrait, reading around the periphery of the flan. The die work reflects the local engraving style of the Mysian conventus, with some softness in the modeling typical of provincial bronzes. |
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| Reverse description | Cybele, the Phrygian mother goddess, enthroned and seated left upon a high-backed throne, extending her right hand to hold a patera in a gesture of offering, while her left arm rests upon a tympanum (drum). At her feet reclines a lion to the left, the goddess's sacred animal and traditional attribute. The ethnic legend ΑΔΡΙΑΝΕΩΝ appears in the field, identifying the issuing civic authority. The composition closely follows well-established Anatolian provincial types associating the local city with the cult of Cybele. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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