RPC III, 286

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 286
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 PATRENS
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrens(is)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design Neptune standing left, right foot on rock, his right hand on his right knee, left resting on trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.92 g
Reference NCP 80–81/11 and pl. Q, XIX
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 285/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1265 (E 3672)
2 2     B: I-B
3 3     V-Schottenstift: 2623
4 4     LHS Numismatics 96, Coins of Peloponnesos, The BCD collection, 8–9 May 2006, lot 552.3