RPC III, 3685

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3685
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Silver coinage; Tr Pot
Dating AD 117
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Θε(οῦ) Τρα(ϊανοῦ) Παρ(θικοῦ) Υἱ(οῦ) Νέρ(ουα) Υἱ(ωνός) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar, son of divine Trajan Parthicus, grandson of divine Nerva, Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ
Edition δημαρχ(ικῆς) ἐξουσίας
Translation holder of the tribunitian power
Reverse design eagle with wings spread standing facing on a club, head left; in right field, palm
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.14 g
Axis 5, 6
Reference Prieur 1526; McAlee 530
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 2–3, 5: same obv. die.
Note [4 obv. dies]
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0611.312
2 2     O
3 3     ✸ P: 412 RN 1909, Pl. 71, 15 = McAlee 530/1
4 4     NY: 1944.100.65734 Bellinger, Boston College Hoard, MN X (1962), Pl. XIII, 5 but wrongly described = McAlee 530/2
5 5     Prieur coll. (ex Gilmore, ‘Hadrian’s Syrian Tetradrachms’, NumCirc Dec. 1980, p. 440, Fig. 2)
6 6     CGT coll., ex Auctiones 31, lot 64
7 7     CNG EA 436, 23 Jan. 2019, lot 352
8 8     Boston: 63.114