Antiochia, Syrien: Hadrianus

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Events

Created

When	117-118 CE
Where	Antioch on the Orontes

Sold

Who	Hellmuth Kricheldorf (Freiburg im Breisgau)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Hadrian (76-138)

Relation to places

Near East

Keywords

Animal Authority City Classical antiquity Coin Era of Roman Emperors (27 BCE to 395 AD) Silver Tetradrachm

Description

Front: Drapierte Panzerbüste des Hadrianus nach r. mit Lorbeerkranz.
Rear: Adler von vorne, Kopf nach l., r. Palmzweig.
Provenience: H. Kricheldorf, Freiburg i. Br., Auktion 3, 26. Februar 1957, Nr. 1242.

Inscription

Vorderseite: AYTO KAIC TPAI AΔPIANOC API CЄB ΓЄPM ΔAK ΠAPΘ
Rückseite: ΔHMAPX ЄΞ OYCIAC

Similar objects

RPC III: 3684

Material/Technique

Silver; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 24 mm
Weight: 14.25 g

Part of

Griechische Münzen in der Römischen Kaiserzeit (258)

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Literature

RPC III, Nr. 3684. – Prieur/Prieur, Tetradrachms (2000) Nr. 1525 (Tyros zugewiesen). – Butcher, Coinage in Roman Syria (2004) 92. – Bloesch et al., Winterthur 3 (2021) Nr. 918 (diese Münze).