RPC III, 311

Province Achaea
City Elis 
Region Peloponnesus
Reign Hadrian
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Obverse design bare-headed cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙ-ωΝ
Reverse design statue of Dionysus by Praxiteles facing, holding rhyton in raised right hand and cup in left; at his feet, panther at left and tympanum at right

Coin no. 1 of RPC III, 311

 

Museum Numismatic Museum, Athens (Greece)
Inventory no. 4199λζ
Reference Postolaka, pl. B, 9 = R. Weil, ‘Der Dionysos des Praxiteles in Elis’, ZfN XIII (1885), pp. 384–8 = Franke 1984a, p. 22, Abb. 35 rev. = Franke 1984b, Taf. 50, 14 rev. = Tselekas 36
Diameter 30.3
Weight 27.21
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