All Hadrian provincials coins

Sorry, Okidoki, but after missing the last two this one had my name on it

Bare head right / Bear head left


MYSIA, Hadrianothera. Hadrian
After CE 123
Æ 16 mm, 2.30 gm
Obv: AΔPIANOC AYΓOYCTOC; bare head right
Rev: AΔPIANOΘHPITN; head of she-bear left
Ref: AMNG 565; SNG France 1091; RPC 1629. Rare.

Steve will probably be a bit jealous of my new infrequently-seen bear coin

 

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Nice!

 

oh my gosh...a bear! i don't remember seeing a bear on an ancient coin! how cool!

 

Tough one to photograph, but here goes.

Sabina
Gaba, Trachonitis AD 133-4
4.65 gm, 17.3 mm
Obv: ΒΑC-CΑΒ[ΕΙΝΑ], bare-headed and draped bust, r.
Rev: ΓΑΒ-ΗΝΩΝ, naked male figure (Zeus?) standing facing, holding scepter and mantle. ΦΔ (city year 194=AD 133/34) in field, l.
Rosenberger CCOP 14; similar to Sear Greek Imp 1316; Similar to Hendin 854

 

Great coins, Tif & RC!

 

i had no idea as to the location of "gaba, trachonitis"...i guess it's in modern syria? never heard of it!

cool coin also @Roman Collector ...i dig dated coins as well!

 

It doesn't appear on many maps. The British Museum has this to say about the city:

City believed to be in the tetrarchy of Trachonitis ruled over by Herod Philip II (4BC-AD34). After the death of Herod Philip II, the area was annexed to the Roman province of Syria. The site which produced coins in the Imperial period could be Gaba (modern Jaba') or Gaba Philippi (modern Tell Shosh/Tell Abu Shusha). Barrington ref: p69, B4

http://www.britishmuseum.org/resear...m_details.aspx?scopeType=Places&scopeId=85931

 

WOW! LOVE the Bare Bear! So cool.. agreed, I have not seen a Bear on a coin (yeah, I have seen BARE!). I even went and searched whether @stevex6 had a bear! I did not look at each post, but in recent posting he reveals no BARE, oops, I meant BEAR.

 

I have a provincial Hadrian en route. I bought this lot simply for the Lycian third stater in the center and didn't really pay attention to the rest. @Okidoki can you give me more details on it? Seems to be of drachm/hemidrachm size.

Also, since I'm a total Master-Expert Photo-editing Deviant, I gray-scaled all but the mentioned coin.



It's risky business not knowing what's on the other side of these group lots.

 

edit....

 

Can you photograph the Hadrian provincial separately, including the reverse, without which it will be impossible to attribute?

 

It's en route and the auction houses typically don't photograph the other sides in group lots, so I don't have it yet. I know (I should really use "think") it's from Cappadocia, just wondering if there's any way to tell from the style if I'm going to see Mount Argaeus or Herakles's Club on the back when it arrives. I'm hoping for the club, but the bust doesn't look typical for anything other than Mount Argaeus.
edit: Or Nike...

 

Thats an awesome looking coin, never seen an ancient with a bear on it. btw. Steve is not the only one thats jealous.

 

Love that bear.

 

The she-bear type is particularly cool because it actually celebrates Hadrian's hunting exploits in Mysia, specifically in this case, his killing of a bear. The name of the issuing city means something like "Hadrian's hunts" and the expeditions may have been particularly memorable for him because he enjoyed them with Antinous.

@TIF... very envious of your score! Nice looking at good pics of the coin with the right orientation, too .

 

Its Cappadocia hemidrachm

 

Very nice indeed nice picture made, i did bid on it

 

Very nice coin with interesting headress never seen it.

Here same coin in RPC, On map view Gaba
http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/a...=&y_type=&yx=&mt=&t=&person=&corr=&add=&addc=

 

Hadrian AS Roma 125-28 AD Lyre
Reference.
RIC 684; BMC 1354; Strack 625; van Heesch 148/5; CRS 25; McAlee 546; RPC 3, 3757

Issue Orichalcum coinage struck at Rome for circulation in Syria; Asses

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Bust of Hadrian, laureate, draped, right, seen from rear.

Rev. COS III
Lyre; in field, l. and r., S C

9.62 gr
24 mm
6h

 

Nice addition, Eric. I like the reverse.