RPC III, 3353 (forgery)

 

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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 ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription Λ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΙΓΕΑΙΩΝ, ΕΠΙ ΠΑΥΛΕΙΝΟΥ, ΔΠΡ
Edition Λούκιος Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ Αἰγεαίων ἐπὶ Παυλείνου δπρʹ Λ(ούκιος) Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ Αἰγεαίων ἐπὶ Παυλείνου δπρʹ
Translation Lucius Aelius Caesar, of the Aegeaeans, under Paulinus, (year) 184
Reverse design Aelius (?) riding right, his right hand raised
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 33 mm
Average weight 27.83 g
Axis 12
Reference Haymann —
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note The authenticity of this coin is suspected by Haymann, NC 180 (2020), p. 66, with good arguments. But see now F. Haymann, "Ein echter Aelius Caesar, geprägt in Aigeai (Kilikien)" in Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt 12 (2021), p. 485.
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Yale: 2001.87.11123
2 2     Demos 41, 15 Nov. 2024, lot 753
3 3     CNG Auction 133 online, 23-24 September. 2026, lot 5770