Diametro 17 mm
Grado di rarità R4 - Eccezionale
Metallo Ottone
Peso 2,47 g
Tipo Assarion
Zecca Philippopolis
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That’s an interesting piece. Hadrian’s Assarion from Philippopolis in Thrace. Rarer, small bronze with excellent detail of the Traveler’s portrait and Artemis on the reverse, characteristically slightly off-centered.
Initially, due to Artemis' rather muscular torso, I wondered if it was not Apollo or even the Optimus Courier - Hadrian. There are two specimens in RPC online, and my example as 3rd. I will immodestly admit - the best I've ever seen. The coin is leaving my collection due to my desire to specialize more and more in larger imperial coins, but it couldn't be missing here, before the sale.
| bverse inscription | ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ |
| Edition | Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός |
| Translation | Hadrian Augustus |
| Obverse design | bare head of Hadrian, right |
| Reverse inscription | ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ |
| Edition | Φιλιπποπολειτῶν |
| Translation | of the Philippopolitans |
| Reverse design | Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver with her right hand and holding bow in her left hand |
source: RPC online
Riferimento : RPC III, 752 https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/752
Fonte : https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj6GYKavIWD/
Collezione : Graeculus, Courier and Traveler (also Emperor) - Publius Aelius Hadrianus