RPC III, 3969

 

Image of specimen #16

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 3969
Province Judaea
Region Judaea
City Aelia Capitolina
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus) ; Aelius (Caesar)
Person (rev.) Aelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription IMP CAE TRAIA HADRIANO AVG
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus / Lucius. Aelius Caesar
Obverse design laureate and draped bust of Hadrian, right (seen from rear)
Reverse inscription L AELIVS CAESA COL AEL KAP
Nominative Lucius Aelius Caesar
Reverse design bare head of Aelius, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 1, 12
Reference Meshorer 8, Kadman 8
Specimens 16 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–13: same pair of dies. 1–13: same obv. die as 3970/1–8, 10–15, 17.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Meshorer 8
2 2     Kadman 8
3 3     Sofaer 8
4 4     Sofaer 9
5 5     http://ancientcoinage.org/coinage-of-aelia-capitolina.html
6 6     Heritage Coins 3018 (5 Sept. 2012) lot 20328
7 7     Yale: 2001.87.10083
8 8     Heritage Coins (8 Mar. 2012) lot 20549
9 9     Pudill coll.
10 10     IMJ: 78.01564
11 11     IMJ: 90.002.13269
12 12     IMJ: 2003.064.16213
13 13     CNG 90 (2012) lot 1163, 5.22.
14 14     Galst
15 15     CGT coll., ex Naville Auction 10 lot 147 ex Leu 86 (2003) lot 645 from the T. Kollek collection
16 16     ✸ CNG Triton XXV, 11 Jan. 2022, lot 693 = CNG 123, 23 May 2023, lot 435