RPC III, 3415

 

Image of specimen #19

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3415
Province Syria
Region Commagene
City Samosata
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue ΕΤ ΝΘ = year 59
Dating AD 131/2
Obverse inscription ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription Ϲ-Α / Ε-Τ / Θ-Ν (or Ν-Θ)
Edition Σα(μοσάτων) ἔτ(ος) θνʹ
Translation of the Samosatans, year 59
Reverse design winged caduceus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 2.92 g
Axis 5, 6, 11, 12
Reference BMC 17–18; CRS 470/11
Specimens 23 (14 in the core collections)
Note Θ-Ν: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 19; Ν-Θ: 2, 4, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1844,0425.538 BMC 17 (and pl. XVI, 6: rev.)
2 2     L: HPB,p152.1 BMC 18
3 3     L: 1926,0204.52
4 4     G SNG 2592
5 5     G SNG 2593
6 6     P: 1454
7 7     P: 1455
8 8     P: Chandon 1096
9 9     Cop SNG 18
10 10     Mu SNG 379
11 11     Mu SNG 425 (under Elaea)
12 12     B: Löbb.
13 13     B: I-B
14 14     NY: 1944.100.65192
15 15     Yale: 2001.87.10808
16 16     Yale: 2001.87.10819
17 17     Falghera 848
18 18     MM Deutschland 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 605
19 19     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 212, 5 Mar. 2013, lot 2530
20 20     H.I. coll.
21 21     CGT coll.
22 22     CGT coll.
23 23     Richard McAlee coll.