RPC III, 4039


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4039
Province	Judaea
Region	Judaea
City	Gaza
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	Year 6 = 195
Dating	AD 134/5
Obverse inscription	[ΑΥΤ ]ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ[Ϲ ϹΕ]
Nominative	Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design	laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right (seen from rear)
Reverse inscription	ΕΙΩ ΓΑΖΑ, מ (below), Ϛ ΕΠΙ ΕЧΡ (in exergue)
Reverse design	Io, in long dress, standing right, and City-goddess, in long dress, turreted and holding cornucopia in her left hand, clasping hands
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	27 mm
Axis	12
Specimens	3 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸		Sofaer 63	26	15.72			Show
2	2	NY: 1944.100.69057	SNG 920	28	15.45	12		Show
3	3		Rosenberger II 67		15.60		the date is not at all clear, although the coin is illustrated from a photo rather than a line drawing; it is misdescribed in the catalogue as Artemis and Marnas in a temple	Show