RPC III, 3850

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Trai(anus) Hadrianu(s) Aug(ustus) II Co(n)s(ul)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, consul for the second time
Obverse design laureate bust of Hadrian, draped and cuirassed, right
Reverse inscription COL BER
Edition col(onia) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony of Berytus
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
Average weight 28.25 g
Axis 12
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.

Specimens of this coin type

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