RPC IV.3, 8614 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.3
Number 8614 (temporary)
Province Syria
Region Syria
City Damascus
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Divus)
Issue Hadrian Theos, early in the reign of Antoninus Pius
Obverse inscription ΘΕΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Θεὸς Ἁδριανός
Translation God Hadrian
Obverse design laureate-headed bust of the deified Hadrian wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse inscription ΔΑΜΑϹΚΗΝωΝ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Δαμασκηνῶν μητροπόλεως
Translation of the Damascenes, metropolis
Reverse design turreted Tyche seated on rock, left, holding rudder(?), cornucopia and uncertain object; at her feet, swimming river-god
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 10.55 g
Axis 12
Reference BMC 9, de Saulcy, 37, no. 2$
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 9, reverse with ΔΑΜΑСΚΗΝ{ωΝ}
2 2     P: 41
3 3     Bern: Righetti 2147
4 4     CGT coll. (ex Agora Auction 49, 2 Feb. 2016, lot 74)
5 5     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex NBS Auctions WA 19, 23 July 2023, lot 336)