RPC III, 3964

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3964
Province Judaea
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAIANO HADRIANO AVG P P
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pater patriae the founder
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right (seen from rear)
Reverse inscription COL (A)EL KAPIT COND
Reverse design veiled figure ploughing right with two oxen; behind, vexillum
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 11, 12
Reference Meshorer 2, Kadman 1
Specimens 30 (3 in the core collections)
Note The reverse inscription presumably stands for Coloniae Aeliae Capitolinae conditori, continuing the obverse inscription and referring to Hadrian’s foundation of the colony. It is not clear whether or not a legionary number is inscribed on the vexillum, or if so, what it is. LEV has been read in the past (so Kadman 1), and Meshorer speculated about LXF, but no specimen has yet found that is sufficently clear to resolve the question. LXF appears later on the standard on the coins Herennnius Etruscus (Meshorer).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 2
2 2     P: 4
3 3     C: Lewis 1982 (EL)
4 4     Meshorer 2
5 5     Meshorer 2a = Sofaer 2 (EL)
6 6     Kadman Museum (see Kadman)
7 7     Kadman Museum (see Kadman)
8 8     Kadman Museum (see Kadman)
9 9     Hebrew University Museum (see Kadman)
10 10     Hebrew University Museum (see Kadman)
11 11     Sofaer 3 (AEL)
12 12     Sofaer 4 (AEL)
13 13     AUB 1
14 14     AUB 2
15 15     IMJ: 80.03589
16 16     Pudill coll.
17 17     CNG MBS 69 (2005) lot 1262 (ex ex CNG 40, 1996, lot 11)
18 18     Heritage New York Signature Sale 458, 6 Jan. 2008, lot 50046
19 19     Heritage New York Signature Sale 458, 6 Jan. 2008, lot 50047
20 20     Stacks Dec. 2006 lot 217
21 21     ✸ Heritage Long Beach Signature Sale 357, 9 Sept. 2004, lot 12148
22 22     CNG Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, lot 1771
23 23     Gorny & Mosch 186, 8 Mar. 2010, lot 1717
24 24     IMJ: 71.00650
25 25     IMJ: 90.002.13267
26 26     IMJ: 90.002.13266
27 27     CNG 90 (2012) lot 1160
28 28     Galst = CNG 118, 13 Sept. 2021, lot 825
29 29     Goldberg 135, 18 June 2023, lot 1785
30 30     R. Pudill coll. (ex Savoca 108 Silver, 31 July 2021, lot 393)