RPC III, 3962

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3962
Province Judaea
Region Samaria
City Caesarea Maritima
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IM TR HADRIANO CA A
Edition Im(peratori) Tr(aiano) Hadriano Ca(esari) A(ugusto)
Translation to Emperor Trajan Hadrian Caesar Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription C I F A C
Edition c(olonia) I F(lavia) A(ugusta) C(aesarensis)
Translation First Flavian Augusta Colony of Caesarea
Reverse design lion walking right; above, serpent
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 2.49 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference De Saulcy 5, Kadman 30, BMC 76
Specimens 25 (8 in the core collections)
Note The inscription is very hard to read as the letters are so small. Kadman 31 is said to lack the snake, but it is very worn. Specimens known to Kadman: 62.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 76
2 2     L BMC 77
3 3     B: 414/1874
4 4     B: 54/1923
5 5     B: 55/1923
6 6     NY: 1961.154.117 SNG 773
7 7     NY: 1944.100.68935 SNG 774
8 8     NY: 1944.100.68936 SNG 775
9 9     IMJ Sofaer 32
10 10     IMJ Sofaer 33
11 11     Rosenberger II 26
12 12     Rosenberger II 27
13 13     Rosenberger II 28
14 14     Forum RP46077
15 15     Pudill coll.
16 16     ✸ Heritage Auction Sept. 2012 lot 20580
17 17     AUB 32
18 18     Aub 33
19 19     IMJ: 2010.065.29246
20 20     IMJ: 78.03212
21 21     IMJ: 78.02051
22 22     IMJ: 78.02053
23 23     IMJ: 78.02052
24 24     Galst = CNG EA 510, 23 Feb. 2022, lot 592
25 25     Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2757 = ETB coll., ex Schulten Auction, Cologne, 22 Apr. 1985, lot 467; ex Sternberg 33, 18 Sept. 1997, lot 87