RPC III, 4087

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4087
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gerasa
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΔ
Dating AD 129/30
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ Ϲ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τραϊ(ανός) Ἁδριανός Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right; below head, IΔ
Reverse inscription ΑΡΤΕΜΙ ΤΥΧΗ ΓΕΡΑϹωΝ
Edition Ἄρτεμι(ς) 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 20 mm
Average weight 5.44 g
Axis 6, 7
Reference Spijkerman 6
Specimens 11 (3 in the core collections)
Note Some of the coins have light drapery on the obv. (e.g. 8 and 10)

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