RPC III, 271

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 271
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Dupondii
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P
Edition Hadrianus Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) III P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Hadrian Augustus, consul for the third time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL A A PATRENS
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrens(is)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design temple with six columns on podium; columns evenly spaced; dot in the centre; statues on the top and corners of the pediment decorated with crown
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 11.88 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 272/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1264