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Object Type
Museum number: 1935,0801.1
Denomination: tridrachm (cistophorus)
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Bare head of Hadrian, right. (obverse); Hadrian on horse galloping right, brandishing javelin. (reverse)
State
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 117-138
Production place: Minted in: Asia (Roman Province)
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 6 o'clock; Weight: 9.39 grammes (holed)
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Metcalf 1996 / The silver coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian-Commodus (426); RE3 / Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum, vol.III: Nerva to Hadrian (addenda, p.563); RIC2 / The Roman imperial coinage, vol. 2: Vespasian to Hadrian (515, p.402) (type)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: emperor/empress; horse/ass
Associated names
Acquisition date: 1935
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 1935,0801.1

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