RPC III, 3850

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3850
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Hadrian Cos II
Dating AD 118
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANO AVG II COS
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus consul II
Obverse design laureate bust of Hadrian, draped and cuirassed, right
Reverse inscription COL BER
Reverse design statue of turreted Fortuna/Tyche-Astarte standing with foot on prow, facing, holding long stylis; to right, Victoria/Victory standing on column, left, crowning Fortuna/Tyche
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Reference S 1033, Rouvier —
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3851/1.
Note Although the coin is bigger and heavier than the coins with temple, it is probably, but not definitely, the same denomination – see introduction.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1979,0610.12