RPC III, 342

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 342
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 Apollo standing left, holding plectrum (patera?) in right hand and lyre in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.71 g
Reference NCP 35/9, Cop 86, F-M, D. i/R 25
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 338/1, 339/1–4, 340/1, 341/1, 343/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop SNG 86