RPC III, 272B

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 272B
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P
Edition Hadrianus Augustus Consul III Pater Patriae 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 bare head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription [CO]L A A PATR[ENSIS]
Edition colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrensis
Translation Augustan colony of Achaean Patras
Reverse design legionary eagle (aquila) between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 8.13 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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1 1     ✸ Demos 57, 13 Nov. 2025, lot 973