Reference. BMC - ;SNG von Aulock- ;SNG Copenhagen -; SNG France- ;RPC - ; Obv: AΔPIANOC KAICAP ΟΛΙΜΠΙΟC Laureate head right. Rev: POVΦOV TO B ΜΙΛΗ- CΙΩΝ ΕΠΙ Zeus standing right, wearing chlamys, holding thunderbolt, and resting hand on hip. 26.25 gr 36 mm Note. The worship of Hadrian as 'Zeus Olympios' in the east of the empire was also practiced in Miletus. A proof of this is this coinage, which the emperor explicitly names as 'ΟΛΙΜΠΙΟC'. In addition, the archaeological excavations in Miletus have been used to discover a large number of household altars who had been consecrated to Hadrian, who had inscriptions such as "The Caesar Trajan Hadrian Sebastos Zeus Olympios" (Friesen, Imperial Cults, p. 177) info from FORVM Sebastos ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ (ΣΕΒ) or CΕΒΑCΤΟC (CΕΒ) The Greek equivalent of Augustus, or a mere Grecization (by changing of the ending) augustos.
