RPC III, 294

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 294
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Aelius (Caesar)
Dating AD 137
Obverse inscription L AELIO CA-ESAR TR P COS II
Edition L(ucio) Aelio Caesar Tr(ibunicia) P(otestate) Co(n)s(ul) II
Translation to Lucius Aelius Caesar, with tribunician power, consul for the second time
Obverse design bare head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription C A A PATRENSIS
Edition c(olonia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrensis
Translation Augustan Colony of Achaean Patras
Reverse design aquila on thunderbolt between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 7.42 g
Reference SNG Cop 183
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1267
2 2     Cop SNG 183