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Object Type
Museum number: 1907,1007.10
Denomination: tridrachm (cistophorus)
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Bare head of Hadrian, right. (obverse); Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 117-138
Production place: Minted in: Asia (Roman Province)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 9.77 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Metcalf 1996 / The silver coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus (316); RE3 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.III: Nerva to Hadrian (p393.1087); RIC2 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian to Hadrian (530, p.404) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; allegory/personification; classical deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Hadrian; Representation of: Tyche/Fortuna
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1907,1007.10
C&M catalogue number: RE3 (393) (1087)

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