RPC III, 273

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 273
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 Neptune standing left, right foot on rock, holding dolphin in extended right hand, left resting on trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 8.09 g
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Delepierre