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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right; below head, IΔ
Reverse inscription ΑΡΤΕΜΙ ΤΥΧΗ ΓΕΡΑϹωΝ
Reverse design draped bust of Artemis/Tyche, right, quiver on left shoulder, bow in right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
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)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 3 (and pl. V, 5: rev.), (ex Sotheby, Reichardt coll., 13–14 Mar. 1899, lot 313 [part of])
2 2     P: 311
3 3     Bern: Righetti 2533
4 4     J-SBF
5 5     J-SBF Spijkerman Pl. 33, 6
6 6     Fontanille Auction 81, 1Jan. 2016, lot 12
7 7     Sofaer 7
8 8     ✸ Pudill coll.
9 9     Heritage Worl Coin Auctions, CICF Signature Sale 3022, 10 Apr. 2014, lot 30332
10 10     CGT coll.
11 11     NY: 2021.36.8