RPC III, 3473

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3473
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Chalcis ad Belum
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Κ Ε
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ Θ ΤΡΑ ΥΙ Θ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Θ(εοῦ) Τρα(ϊανοῦ) υἱ(ὸς) Θ(εοῦ) Νέρ(ουα) υἱ(ωνὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of the divine Trajan, grand-son of the divine Nerva, Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΦΛ ΧΑΛ/ΚΙΔΕωΝ / Κ-Ε
Edition Φλ(αουίων) Χαλκιδέων κεʹ
Translation of the Flavian Chalcidians, (year) 25
Reverse design within laurel-wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.85 g
Axis 12
Reference CRS 437/16 var.
Specimens 6 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2, 4: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1756 (M 5499)
2 2     Falghera 759 (described as Trajan and illustrated Tav. LXXV, 757)
3 3     Yale: 2001.87.11038
4 4     ✸ CNG EA 91, 9 June 2004, lot 138
5 5     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2715 = ETB coll. Ex Forum ex Butte Colege Foundation ex Lindgren
7 7     CGT coll.