RPC III, 272

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 272
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 PATREN[S]
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrens(is)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design founder of the colony holding vexillum in right hand ploughing with two oxen, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 16.06 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 271/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 28850
2 2     Wendt XVII, Hollschek coll., 22–3 June 1977, lot 402 (under Parium)