RPC III, 311

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 311
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-ωΝ
Edition Ἠλείων
Translation of the Eleans
Reverse design statue of Dionysus by Praxiteles facing, holding rhyton in raised right hand and cup in left; at his feet, panther at left and tympanum at right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 25.97 g
Reference NCP 73/6
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)

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