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]
Nominative Imperator Hadrianus (Imperator) II
Obverse design bare head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙωΝ
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
Axis 2
Reference Liegle Taf. XIII, 2, obv. and Taf. XIV, 4, rev.
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 4199ιβ
2 2     ✸ B: 18207826, 1876/324 Weil 1912, Taf. X, 5 rev. = Seltman p. 78, nο. 4 and pl. 28, 4 obv. and p. 79, no. 7 and pl. 28, 7 rev. = Liegle Taf. XIII, 2, obv. and Taf. XIV, 4, rev. = Franke 1984a, p. 20, Abb. 28c = Franke 1984b, Taf. 51, 19
3 3     B: 32/1886
4 4     B: 174/1977
5 5     Olympia excavations ( = Moustaka 497)
6 6     Leu 90, Coins of Olympia, The BCD collection, 10 May 2004, lot 345 (part)