RPC III, 3353 (forgery)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3353 (forgery)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Aelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Paulinus
Issue Year 184 (ΔΠΡ)
Dating AD 137/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥ[ ] ϹΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡ[ ]
Edition Αὐ[---]σαρ Τραιανὸς Ἁδρ[---]
Translation Emperor [---] Caesar Trajan Hadrian [---]
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription Λ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ, ΕΠΙ ΠΑΥΛΕΙΝΟΥ, ΔΠΡ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ Αἰγεαίων ἐπὶ Παυλείνου δπρʹ
Translation Lucius Aelius Caesar, of the Aegeaeans, under Paulinus, (year) 184
Reverse design Aelius (?) riding right, his right hand raised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 28.77 g
Reference Haymann —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The authenticity of this coin is suspected by Haymann, NC 180 (2020), p. 66, with good arguments.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 2001.87.11123