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
Nominative Hadrianus Augustus consul III
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian r., with drapery on l. shoulder
Reverse inscription COS III
Reverse design head of Jupiter Ammon, r.
Metal Brass
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 6
Reference RIC (1st ed.) p. 478/*, RIC II.3, 893, BMC p. 441/*, S 288, 289a (Caesarea), Asolati 179
Specimens 26 (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