RPC III, 339

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 339
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΤΙϹΤΗϹ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Ἁδριανὸς Κτίστης
Translation Emperor Hadrian the Founder
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ
Edition Ἀργείων
Translation of the Argives
Reverse design Perseus standing facing, head right, holding head of Medusa in extended right hand and harpa in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.61 g
Axis 7
Reference NCP 35/8, F-M, D. i/R 28
Specimens 4 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–4: same obv. die as 338/1, 340/1, 341/1, 342/1, 343/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: I-B NCP pl. I, XVII: rev.
2 2     NY: 1944.100.39586
3 3     Corinth Edwards 382
4 4     ✸ LHS 96, Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection, 8–9 May 2006, lot 1186.2