RPC III, 4090

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4090
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Gerasa
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Year ΙΖ
Dating AD 132/3
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ ΤΡΑΙ- ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ- Ϲ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Τραϊ(ανός) Ἁδριανός Σ(εβαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right; below, ΙΖ
Reverse inscription ΑΡΤΕΜΙ ΤΥ ΓΕΡΑϹωΝ
Edition Ἄρτεμι(ς) Τύ(χη) 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 14 mm
Average weight 2.54 g
Axis 12
Reference Spijkerman —; SNG NY 1344
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     NY: 1944.100.69374 SNG 1344
2 2     ✸ Sofaer 8, ex Sternberg, 25 Nov. 1976, lot 624
3 3     Sternberg 34, 22 Oct. 1998, lot 475
4 4     CGT coll., ex eBay Lanz