RPC III, 3948

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3948
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Gaba
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 183
Dating AD 123/4
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτο(κράτωρ) Καῖσ(αρ) Τραϊ(ανός) Ἁδριανός Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureateand draped bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΚΛ ΦΙ ΓΑΒΗΝωΝ
Edition Κλ(αυδιέων) Φι(λιππείων) Γαβηνῶν
Translation of the Claudian Philippian Gabinians
Reverse design Nike advancing left, holding wreath in her right and trophy on left shoulder; in field, right, ΓΠΡ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 9.17 g
Axis 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Note Head corrected to draped bust
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2433 (Hamburger)
2 2     Sofaer 23 (and Pl. 42)
3 3     ✸ Sofaer 24
4 4     CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 6504 ex Dr. J. M. Galst Coll. ex Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 226.