RPC III, 11

 

Image of specimen #23

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 11
Province Cyrenaica and Crete
Region Cyrenaica
City Cyrenaica
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Edition Hadrianus Augustus
Translation Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription COS III
Edition Co(n)s(ul) III
Translation Consul for the third time
Reverse design head of Jupiter Ammon, right
Metal brass
Average diameter 17 mm
Average weight 2.94 g
Axis 6
Reference RIC (1st ed.) p. 478/*, RIC II.3, 893, BMC p. 441/*, S 288, 289a (Caesarea), Asolati 179
Specimens 28 (16 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1922,0314.44
2 2     L: 1964,0910.1
3 3     L: G 0899
4 4     L: G 0900
5 5     O: Douce
6 6     O: Douce
7 7     O: Christ Church
10 10     P: 10841
11 11     P: 10847
12 12     P: D 648 Duchalais, RN 1851, p. 102 and pl. V, 4
13 13     Brussels: II, 66.282
14 14     Milan: Laff. 28196
15 15     Milan: Brera 2686
16 16     V: R 9887
17 17     V: R 39215
18 18     V: R 40877
19 19     B: Löbb.
20 20     NY: 1944.100.62449
21 21     NY: 1998.18.142
22 22     Cyrene excavations ( = Buttrey 754 and Pl. 11)
23 23     ✸ NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 716
24 24     CNG EA 209, 22 Apr. 2009, lot 271 (= Asolati Tav. p. 148, 179/2)
25 25     NAC 92, Part 1, 23–24 May 2016, lot 555
26 26     B. Woytek, 'A remarkable group of semisses of Hadrian', in F.Stroobants et Ch. Lauwers ed., Detur dignissimo. Studies in honour ofJohan van Heesch (Brussels, 2020), pp. 285-307, at 293. Perhaps from the Balkans.
27 27     IMJ Sofaer 4
28 28     Boston: 17.3359
29 29     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 3346 = ETB coll. = Jacquier 39, 12 Sept. 2014, lot 359 = Jacquier 38, 13 Sept. 2013, lot 339
30 30     R. Pudill coll. (ex Münz Zentrum 134, 30 Aug. 2006, lot 399)