RPC III, 4084

 

Image of specimen #9

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4084
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gerasa
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΔ
Dating AD 129/30
Obverse inscription ΔΙ (or ΙΔ) ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition διʹ Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τρα(ϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation (year) 14, Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, with paludamentum, seen from rear, right
Reverse inscription ΑΡΤΕΜΙϹ ΤΥΧΗ ΓΕΡΑϹωΝ
Edition Ἄρτεμις Τύχη Γερασῶν
Translation Artemis Tyche of the Gerasenes
Reverse design draped bust of Artemis/Tyche, right, quiver on left shoulder, bow in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 11.64 g
Axis 6, 7, 12
Reference Spijkerman 4 corr.; Rosenberger 5–6
Specimens 15 (1 in the core collections)
Note On 9, 10, and 15, the obverse legend is ΔΙ ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ CΕΒ
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     NY: 1961.154.203 SNG 1343
3 3     S. Qedar coll. ( = Meshorer, City-Coins of Eretz-Israeλ, p. 94, no 252 and p. 119)
4 4     Falghera 867
5 5     Rosenberger 5
6 6     Rosenberger 6
7 7     Rosenberger
8 8     Sofaer 5
9 9     ✸ Goldberg 90, 15–16 Sept. 2015, lot 3174 (ex Superior Galleries, Adams/Applebaum Sale, 11-12 Dec. 1992, lot 2195; CNG MBS 61, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 1070)
10 10     Gorny & Mosch 134, 11 Oct. 2004, lot 2165 (ex Sternberg XXXIV, 22–23 Oct. 1998, lot 474) (13.08 in Sternberg, but obviously cleaned in between)
11 11     CNG EA 117, 29 June 2005, lot 152
12 12     Gorny & Mosch 152, 10 Oct. 2006, lot 1846 (ex Stephen M. Huston 155, 27 Mar. 1998, lot 56; CNG EA 137, 12 Apr. 2006, lot 121)
14 14     CNG EA 236, 7 July 2010, lot 367
15 15     CNG EA 262, 17 Aug. 2011, lot 250
16 16     Heritage World Coin, Signature Sale 3003, Shoshana coll., 8 Mar. 2012, lot 20637 (ex Superior Galleries, Grover coll., 6 Nov. 1986, lot 1453)
17 17     Münster: 1530