RPC III, 3855

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3855
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Hadrian Pater Patriae
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Trai(anus) Hadrianus Aug(ustus) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus Father of the Fatherland
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 two military standards, each surmounted by eagle; in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 11.67 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference S 1043–1116, Rouvier 532
Specimens 19 (6 in the core collections)
Note S recorded 20 obv. and 41 rev dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1234
2 2     L: G.4400 BMC 93
3 3     L: 1908,0110.1119 BMC 94
4 4     L: 1900,0707.72 BMC 95
5 5     L: 1908,0110.1120 BMC 96
6 6     L: 1859,1219.248 BMC 97
7 7 –12     Beirut excavations = Butcher, Small Change nos 426–31
13 13     Pudill coll.
14 14     Freiburg: 12455
15 15     CGT coll.
17 17     CNG 439, 6 March 2019, lot 254
18 18     Münster: M 1493
19 19     Savoca 150th Blue, 10 Dec. 2022, lot 897
20 20     Bonn: P.22.7