RPC III, 337

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 337
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Laconia
City Sparta
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τρ(αϊανὸς) Ἁδριανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design radiate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΛΑΚΕΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΩΝ
Edition Λακεδαιμονίων
Translation of the Lacedaemonians
Reverse design Athena standing facing, head right, brandishing spear in upraised right hand and holding shield on left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 14 mm
Average weight 3.24 g
Reference Sv 35 (Lappa), Kroll 777
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A: 4280
2 2     B: Löbb. Sv. Lappa 35, pl. XX, 19, ex Grotenfend coll.
3 3     Athens Agora excavations ( = Kroll 241/777 and pl. 28)
4 4     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex Lanz 80, 26 May 1997, lot 392; Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün 64, 20 Nov. 2014, lot 1928)