RPC III, 4040


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	4040
Province	Judaea
Region	Judaea
City	Gaza
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	Year 6 = 195
Dating	AD 134/5
Obverse inscription	[Α ΚΑ] ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ[Ϲ]
Edition	Α(ὐτοκράτωρ) Κα(ῖσαρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδριανός
Translation	Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian
Obverse design	laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription	ΓΑΖΑ Ϛ ΕΠΙ ΕϘΡ
Edition	Γάζα ϛʹ ἐπι(δημία) εϙρʹ
Translation	Gaza, (year) 6 visit, (year) 195
Reverse design	Tyche standing left with sceptre and cornucopia; behind, heifer; to right, 𐤌
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	20 mm
Average weight	8.19 g
Axis	12
Reference	BMC 43
Specimens	4 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸	L	BMC 43	17	8.09			Show
2	2	B: Löbb.			8.69			Show
3	3	NY: 1944.100.69056	SNG 919	22	7.79	12	more or less legible	Show
4	4		Yashin 331				described as ΓΑ[ΖΑ] ΕΠI EЧP, but seems an example of ΓΑΖΑ Ϛ ΕΠI EЧP, with a poorly formed Ϛ	Show