RPC III, 3851

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus consul II
Obverse design laureate bust of Hadrian, draped and cuirassed, right
Reverse inscription COL IVL AVG FEL BER
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
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.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1232