RPC III, 321

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 321
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Achaea
City Elis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Group IV: Hadrian Imp II
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ-ΤωΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ [ΔΙϹ]
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανὸς δισʹ
Translation Emperor Hadrian twice
Obverse design bare head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙωΝ
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 24 mm
Average weight 11.56 g
Axis 2
Reference Liegle Taf. XIII, 2, obv. and Taf. XIV, 4, rev.
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

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