RPC III, 282

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 282
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 laureate bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL A A PATRENS
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrens(is)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design Pallas Athena standing right, holding advanced spear in right hand and shield on left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.77 g
Reference NCP 78/6 and pl. Q, XV
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 11838 NCP, pl. Q, XV rev.
2 2     L: 1920,0805.944 (Fox) (under Corinth)