RPC III, 340

Province Achaea
City Argos 
Region Peloponnesus
Reign Hadrian
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΤΙϹΤΗϹ
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ
Reverse design Danae seated on throne, left, looking upwards, her extended hands grasping the ends of her garment for collecting the golden rain

Coin no. 1 of RPC III, 340

 

Museum British Museum, London (UK)
Inventory no.
Reference BMC 149
Diameter 25.7
Weight 12.63
Axis
Note and pl. XXVIII, 11 rev. = NCP, pl. L, XLIX
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