RPC III, 4091

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 4091
Province Arabia
Region Syria
City Philadelphia
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκρά(τωρ) Ἁδριανὸς Σεβαστός
Translation Emperor Adrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕωΝ ΚΟΙΛΗϹ ϹΥΡΙΑϹ
Edition Φιλαδελφέων Κοίλης Συρίας
Translation of the Philadelphians of Coele Syria
Reverse design laureate head of young Heracles, right with lion skin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 9.98 g
Axis 6
Reference Spijkerman 13
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 320
2 2     J-SBF Pl. 55, 13
3 3     Sofaer 197/16 (and Pl. 160)
4 4     CGT coll.