RPC III, 276

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 276
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription HADRIANV[S - 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 COL A A [PATRENS]
Edition colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrens(is)
Translation colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design Artemis in short chiton running left, holding torch in right hand; at her feet, stag, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.09 g
Axis 6
Reference NCP 77–78/4 and pl. Q, XI
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B NCP, pl. Q, XI rev.
2 2     Rome De Sanctis Mangelli 245