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Image of specimen #1 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/281 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
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) |