RPC III, 278

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 278
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 Hera (?) seated left on throne with high back, her arms stretched right and left, holding pomegranate (?) in right and Victory (?) in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 10.09 g
Reference NCP 79–80/9 and pl. Q, XVIII
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 31