RPC III, 308

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 308
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 bare-headed cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙ
Edition Ἠλεί(ων)
Translation of the Eleans
Reverse design bearded head of the Zeus of Phidias with olive wreath, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 25.45 g
Axis 3
Reference NCP 71/2 and pl. P, XXII
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1616 Weil 1912, Taf. X, 1 ([rev.] = RN 1937, p. 35 and pl. I, 14 [rev.] = Seltman 78/2 and pl. 28, 2
2 2     ✸ B: 18200646, 1936/184
3 3     Leu 90, Coins of Olympia, The BCD collection, 10 May 2004, lot 320