RPC III, 285

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 285
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 laureate bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL A A PATREN
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patren(sis)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design Mercury standing facing, head left, holding caduceus on left shoulder; at his feet, left and right, ram and amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.41 g
Axis 4, 12
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 286/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     LHS Numismatics 96, Coins of Peloponnesos, The BCD collection, 8–9 May 2006, lot 552.2
2 2     V: GR 13859
3 3     Rome De Sanctis Mangelli 244
4 4     ✸ Leu WA 26, 8 July 2023, lot 2521 = ETB coll., ex Nomos obolos 19, 8 May 2021, lot 542