RPC III, 316

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 316
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Achaea
City Elis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Group IV
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΙϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανὸς δισʹ
Translation Emperor Hadrian twice
Obverse design bare-headed draped bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙωΝ
Edition Ἠλείων
Translation of the Eleans
Reverse design river god Alpheios (with features of Antinous) reclining on waves of water to left, holding wreath in his right hand and reeds in his left; to left, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 35 mm
Average weight 24.78 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Olympia excavations K 89–418