RPC III, 4046

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4046
Province Judaea
Region Judaea
City Gaza
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year 8 = 197
Dating AD 136/7
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊ(ανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right (seen from rear)
Reverse inscription ΓΑΖΑ ΜΑΡΝΑϹ, Η ΕΠΙ ΖϘΡ (in exergue), 𐤌 (to r.)
Edition Γάζα Μάρνας η' ἐπι(δημία) ζϙρʹ 𐤌
Translation Gaza, Marnas, (year) 8 visit, (year) 197, (mem)
Reverse design temple with two columns enclosing figures of Artemis, drawing bow, standing right, and Marnas standing left, with bow and ??
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 22.53 g
Axis 12
Reference De Saulcy 20, BMC 20
Specimens 13 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 20
2 2     L BMC 21
3 3     L BMC 22
4 4     NY: 1961.154.130 SNG 922
5 5     NY: 1944.100.69059 SNG 923
6 6     ✸ C SNG 6110
7 7     IMJ: 71.00635
8 8     Sofaer 56
9 9     Yashin 333
10 10     M&M GmbH 14, 16 Apr. 2004, lot 455 (ex Lanz 32 (1985) lot 527)
11 11     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 1267 ex NFA XVII (1986) lot 828 ex NFA XII (1983) lot 107
12 12     CNG MBS 78, S. Wagner coll., 14 May 2008, lot 1495
13 13     NFA Fall MBS 1990, 18 Oct. 1990, lot 2075