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
Translation Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, with paludamentum, seen from rear, right
Reverse inscription COS III, S C
Edition 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

Number Number 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