RPC III, 3758

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3758
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Antioch
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Orichalcum coinage struck at Rome for circulation in Syria; Asses
Obverse inscription HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Edition Hadrianus Augustus Hadrianus Augustus
Translation Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, with paludamentum, seen from rear, right
Reverse inscription COS III, S C
Edition Consul III Senatus Consulto Co(n)s(ul) III S(enatus) C(onsulto)
Translation Consul for the third time, by decree of the Senate
Reverse design griffin, left, fore-paw raised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.38 g
Axis 5
Reference RIC 683; BMC 1353; Strack 623; van Heesch 149/7; CRS 28; McAlee 548
External URI(s) http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.hdn.683
Specimens 8 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L RIC Pl. XV, 313: rev. = Grant, Pl. XVIII, 21 = BMC 1353 (and Pl. 83, 5)
2 2     O
3 3     P: 6565
4 4     V: R 41356
5 5     Richard McAlee coll. = McAlee 548 (this coin illustrated at p. 224)
6 6     Waage 1026
7 7     Cederlind BBS 114, 15 Dec. 1998, lot 867
8 8     ✸ Roma Numismatics, 21 May 2013, lot 1420