RPC III, 3758

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3758
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck at Rome for circulation in Syria; Asses
Obverse inscription HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Nominative Hadrianus Augustus consul III
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, with paludamentum, seen from rear, right
Reverse inscription COS III
Reverse design griffin, left, fore-paw raised., in ex., S C
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Reference RIC 683; BMC 1353; Strack 623; van Heesch 149/7; CRS 28; McAlee 548
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.hdn.683
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L RIC Pl. XV, 313: rev. = Grant, Pl. XVIII, 21 = BMC 1353 (and Pl. 83, 5)
2 2     O
3 3     P: 6565
4 4     V: R 41356
5 5     McAlee coll. ( = McAlee 548)
6 6     Waage 1026
7 7     Cederlind BBS 114, 15 Dec. 1998, lot 867
8 8     ✸ Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 1420