RPC III, 3855

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3855
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Berytus
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Hadrian Pater Patriae
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAI HADRIANVS AVG P P
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design laureate bust of Hadrian, draped and cuirassed, right
Reverse inscription COL BER
Reverse design two military standards, each surmounted by eagle; in laurel wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 12
Reference S 1043–1116, Rouvier 532
Specimens 18 (6 in the core collections)
Note S recorded 20 obv. and 41 rev dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1234
2 2     L BMC 93
3 3     L BMC 94
4 4     L BMC 95
5 5     L BMC 96
6 6     L BMC 97
7 7 –12     Beirut excavations = Butcher, Small Change nos 426–31
13 13     Pudill coll.
14 14     Freiburg: 12455
15 15     CGT coll.
17 17     CNG 439, 6 March 2019, lot 254
18 18     Münster: M 1493
19 19     Savoca 150th Blue, 10 Dec. 2022, lot 897