RPC III, 281

 

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Coin type
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 Augustus Consul III Pater Patriae 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 colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis 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)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Delepierre
2 2     O: Milne 1927