RPC III, 299

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 299
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Achaea
City Elis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ- ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Hadrian
Obverse design radiate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙ-ωΝ
Edition Ἠλείων
Translation of the Eleans
Reverse design Zeus seated left, holding Nike in extended right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.78 g
Reference Liegle Taf. II, 1 (obv.) and Taf. III, 1 (rev.), Franke 1984b, Taf. 51, 18
Specimens 4 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Löbb. Weil 1912, Taf. X, 6 rev. = Liegle Taf. II, 1, obv. and Taf. III, 1
2 2     ✸ B: 1919/1 Olympia-Funde Franke 1984b, Taf. 51, 18
3 3     B: 1919/1 Olympia-Funde
4 4     B: 1919/1 Olympia-Funde