RPC III, 3803

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3803
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Laodicea ad Mare
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 168
Dating AD 120/1
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός Αὐτοκρ(άτωρ) Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστ(ός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕωΝ ΤωΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕωΝ, ΗΞΡ
Edition Ἰουλιέων τῶν καὶ Λαοδικέων ηξρʹ Ἰουλιέων τῶν καὶ Λαοδικέων ηξρʹ
Translation of the Iulians also called Laodiceans, 168
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.48 g
Axis 12
Reference Prieur 1107; Adra 1555–7
Specimens 7 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same obv. die.
Note Walker 3345 is from year 168 (not year 169 as stated in his Metrology, p. 97); AR (Walker: 88.00 % . [1 obv. δie].

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1974,1204.1
2 2     CNG EA 537, 26 Apr. 2023, lot 362 = Prieur coll.
3 3     van Alsenoy 33, Oct. 1996, lot 87
4 4     ✸ CNG MBS 60, 22 May 2002, lot 1372
5 5     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2741 = ETB Coll., ex CNG EA 447, 3 July 2019, lot 321
6 6     R. Pudill coll. (ex Savoca 254 Blue Auction, 8 Feb. 2025, lot 279)
7 7     CNG EA 562, A. Ronde coll., 15 May 2024, lot 406 (ex Elsen 122, 13 Sept. 2014, lot 279)