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III, 281
Image of specimen #1
Coin type
URI
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/281
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Volume
III
Number
281
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 PATR
Edition
col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patr(ensis)
Translation
Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design
male young figure naked standing on a column in a circular enclosure
Metal
copper-based alloy
Average diameter
20 mm
Average weight
6.62 g
Reference
NCP
82/16 and pl. R, I
Specimens
2 (2 in the core collections)
Specimens of this coin type
Number
Number
Obverse
Reverse
Museum
Bibliography
Diameter
Weight
Axis
Note
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1
1
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P: Delepierre
20.2
5.94
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2
2
O: Milne 1927
7.30
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