RPC III, 3851

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3851
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 IVL AVG FEL BER
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Aug(usta) Fel(ix) Ber(ytus)
Translation Colony Julia Augusta Felix, Berytus
Reverse design temple with four columns enclosing 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 27 mm
Average weight 21.21 g
Reference S 1034, Rouvier 533
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 3850/1.
Note COL IVL is retrograde. Only one specimen known. Rouvier read the end of the obv. Inscription as AVG P P COS.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1232