RPC III, 3685

 

Image of specimen #3

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar divi Traiani Parthicus filius divi Nervae nepos Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ΕΞΟΥϹΙΑϹ
Reverse design eagle with wings spread standing facing on a club, head left; in right field, palm
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
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]

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