Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Dupondius or As - Hadrian CAPPADOCIA S C, Cappadocia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 130-133 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Hadrian's eastern journey of 129–131 AD brought him through Cappadocia, and this provincial-themed issue was almost certainly struck to commemorate that visit. The reverse type celebrating Cappadocia — personified as a provincial figure alongside Mount Argaeus — belongs to a broader series of geographic bronzes Hadrian authorized, systematically honoring the provinces he toured in person. No other emperor before him produced anything comparable in scope.
The S C mark places this firmly in the senatorial bronze coinage of Rome rather than a provincial mint, a deliberate administrative distinction that sets it apart from the lookalike civic bronzes circulating in Cappadocia itself at the same time.