RPC III, 3353 (forgery)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3353 (forgery)
Province Cilicia
Region Cilicia
Subregion Cilicia Pedias
City Aegeae
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Person (rev.) Aelius (Caesar)
Magistrate Paulinus
Issue Year 184 (ΔΠΡ)
Dating AD 137/8
Obverse inscription ΑΥ[ ] ϹΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡ[ ]
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription Λ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ, ΕΠΙ ΠΑΥΛΕΙΝΟΥ, ΔΠΡ
Nominative Lucius Aelius Caesar
Reverse design Aelius (?) riding right, his right hand raised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Reference Haymann —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The authenticity of this coin is suspected by Haymann, NC 180 (2020), p. 66, with good arguments.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 2001.87.11123