RPC III, 3949

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3949
Province Judaea
Region Syria
City Gaba
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 189
Dating AD 129/30
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ Π Π
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, with paludamentum, seen from rear, right
Reverse inscription ΓΑΒΗΝωΝ, ΘΠΡ (in exergue)
Reverse design temple with four columns with domed roof within which turreted Tyche standing facing, looking left, holding sceptre and cornucopia, crowned by small Nike on column to right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Reference Kindler 26 corr., 27
Specimens 9 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1908,0110.2430 (Hamburger)
2 2     L: 1908,0110.2431 (Hamburger)
3 3     IMJ: 78.02342 Rosenberger II Gaba 12
4 4     NY: 1944.100.69041 SNG 902 (dated ΑΠΡ)
5 5     Sofaer 22 (and Pl. 42)
6 6     Sofaer 25
7 7     S. Qedar coll. ( = Meshorer, City-Coins…, p. 38, no. 100 and p. 113)
8 8     CNG EA 208, 8 Apr. 2009, lot 323
9 9     ✸ Heritage Signature Auction – New York 3003, Shoshana coll., 8–9 Mar. 2012, lot 20619