RPC III, 318

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 318
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 Η-ΛΕΙ-ωΝ
Edition Ἠλείων
Translation of the Eleans
Reverse design female figure (Olympia?) standing facing, holding eagle in right hand and palm in left; at her feet, two river gods reclining: Kladeos, left, holding palm and Alpheios, right, holding wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.07 g
Axis 5
Reference Postolaka, pl. B, 10, Seltman pl. 28, 8
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 1900/873 Auktion Köln, Schallenberg coll., Oct. 1900, lot 175 = Dressel, ZfN XXIV (1904), pp. 61–2 and Taf. III, 1 = Seltman p. 79, no. 8 and pl. 28, 8 = Liegle Taf. XIII, 3 obv. and Taf. XIV, 1: rev. = Franke 1984a, p. 21, Abb. 30 = Franke 1984b, Taf. 51, 22
2 2     B
3 3     A: 4199μ Postoloka pl. B, 10 = Tselekas 38
4 4     A: 4199μα
5 5     ✸ Roma EA 75, 15 Oct. 2020, lot 469
6 6     R. Pudill coll. (ex Savoca Coins Blue 169th Blue, 29–30 July 2023, lot 637)