RPC III, 295

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 295
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Achaea
City Elis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Group I
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ- ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙ-ωΝ
Edition Ἠλείων
Translation of the Eleans
Reverse design Zeus naked striding right, holding thunderbolt in raised right, eagle on his outstretched left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.27 g
Axis 6
Reference BMC 159
Specimens 7 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 159 (and pl. XVI, 5 rev.)
2 2     Elis excavations ( = Oikonomidou p. 73, no. 26 and Πιν. 5, 17)
3 3     B: 1919/1 Olympia-Funde
4 4     NY: 1944.100.38743
5 5     NY: 1948.4.87
6 6     ✸ Leu 90, Coins of Olympia. The BCD collection, 10 May 2004, lot 318 = Leu (1992-2005) 90, 10 May 2004, lot 318
7 7     BCD