RPC III, 277

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 277
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 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 col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrens(is)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design Artemis Laphria standing facing, with short chiton and chlamys, quiver at left shoulder, right hand on hip, holding bow in left over altar; at her feet, dog looking back, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.30 g
Axis 9, 10
Reference NCP 76–77/3 and pl. Q, VI
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.40899
2 2     CGT coll., ex BCD = CNG EA 223, 2 Dec. 2009, lot 321