RPC III, 3970

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3970
Province Judaea
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Antoninus Pius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription IMP CAE TRAIA HADRIANO AVG
Edition Imp(eratori) Cae(sari) Traia(no) Hadriano Aug(usto)
Translation to Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right (seen from rear)
Reverse inscription IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS C A K
Edition Imp(erator) T(itus) Ael(ius) Caes(ar) Antoninus c(olonia) A(elia) K(apitolina)
Translation Emperor Titus Aelius Caesar Antoninus, the colony of Aelia Capitolina
Reverse design bare head of Antoninus, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.96 g
Axis 12
Reference Meshorer 9, Kadman 9
Specimens 23 (5 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–8, 10–15, 17: same obv. die as 3969/1–13.
Note 2 reverse dies. C A K stands for Colonia Aelia Capitolina. For a specimen found in Jerusalem, see Zlotnik, op. cit., p. 142.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O
2 2     IMJ: 78.01565
3 3     IMJ: 78.01566
4 4     IMJ: 71.00330
5 5     Meshorer 9
6 6     Sofaer 10
7 7     CNG EA 80 (2004) lot 66
8 8     ✸ Gemini VI (2010) lot 675 ex Gerson collection
10 10     NAC 64 (2012) lot 1869
11 11     Pudill coll.
12 12     VCoins 15792aeh
13 13     Fontanille 57 (Jan 2014)
14 14     IMJ: 2008.037/369
15 15     CNG 90 (2012) lot 1164
16 16     CNG 90 (2012) lot 1165
17 17     O
18 18     CGT coll.
19 19     Mu: 1b
20 20     Freeman & Sear MBS 7, 22 Feb. 2002, lot 255
21 21     P
22 22     Goldberg 120, 2 Feb. 2021, lot 1065
23 23     Galst coll. = CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 826
24 24     V: RÖ 40859