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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΙΟΥΛΙΕωΝ ΤωΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕωΝ, ΗΞΡ
Reverse design turreted and draped bust of Tyche, right
Metal silver
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference Prieur 1107; Adra 1555–7
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: 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

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1974,1204.1
2 2     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