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
Translation Emperor Hadrian twice
Obverse design bare-headed, draped bust of Hadrian, left
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙ-ωΝ
Edition 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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number 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)