RPC III, 3722

 

Image of specimen #24

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3722
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Chalkous?
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ(ΚΡ) ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ(Α)(Ν) ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription S C
Edition s(enatus) c(onsulto)
Translation by decree of the senate
Reverse design in laurel wreath; beneath: Γ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.31 g
Axis 1, 6, 7, 12
Reference CRS 256; McAlee 538(c)
Specimens 24 (14 in the core collections)
Note 2, 6, 8, 9, 11: ΤΡΑΙ; 3: ΤΡΑΙΑ; 1, 14: ΤΡΑΙΑΝ

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: G.5410 BMC 294
2 2     O: Milne 1923 (ex Sotheby’s, 26 July 1920, lot 167)
3 3     O: (New College)
4 4     C SNG 5889
5 5     G SNG 2939
6 6     P: 456
7 7     P: S de R
8 8     B: I-B
9 9     B: Fox
10 10     B: Löbb.
11 11     Leipzig SNG 265
12 12     V: GR 21419
13 13     CNG EA 181, Wagner coll., 6 Feb. 2008, lot 231
14 14     CNG EA 246, McAlee coll., 15 Dec. 2010, lot 289 (this coin illustrated by McAlee p. 223)
15 15     CGT coll.
16 16     Nomos obolos 17, 20 Dec. 2020, lot 537
17 17     Savoca 102 Blue, 8 May 2021, lot 681
18 18     O: Douce
19 19     Agora 73, 27 Mar. 2018, lot 191
20 20     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2733 = ETB coll. = Roma EA 14, 27 Dec. 2014, lot 300
21 21     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2734 = ETB coll. = Jacquier 48, 18 Sept. 2020, lot 1301
22 22     L: G.5409 BMC 293
23 23     L: 1903,1204.2
24 24     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 147, 1 Dec. 2024, lot 593