RPC III, 279

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 279
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 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] PATRENSIS
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrensis
Translation Augustan Colony of Achaean Patras
Reverse design aquila on thunderbolt between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 8.39 g
Reference BMC 30
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 30