RPC III, 317

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 317
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Achaea
City Elis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Group IV: Hadrian Imp II
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΔΙϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανὸς δισʹ Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανὸς δισʹ
Translation Emperor Hadrian twice
Obverse design bare-headed and draped bust of Hadrian, left
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙ-ωΝ
Edition Ἠλείων Ἠλείων
Translation of the Eleans
Reverse design the Zeus of Phidias seated left on high backed throne, holding Nike in his right hand, left resting on sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 30 mm
Average weight 12.09 g
Reference NCP 71/2 and pl. P, XX, Seltman 1948, pl. 28, 5
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Florence NCP pl. P, XX rev. = Weil 1912, pp. 367–8 and Taf. X, 3 rev. = Seltman 1948, p. 78, no. 5 and pl. 28, 5 = Liegle Taf XIII 1, obv. = Franke 1984a, p. 20, Abb. 29 = Franke 1984b, Taf. 51, 23 and Taf. 52, 3, rev. x 2
2 2     B: 1919/1 Olympia-Funde Weil 1912, Taf. X, 3a: rev. = Seltman p. 79, no 5
3 3     Leu 90, Coins of Olympia, The BCD collection, 10 May 2004, lot 322 ( = Franke 1984b, p. 346 and Taf. 51, 24)