RPC III, 343

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 343
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 Heracles strangling the Nemean lion, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.45 g
Reference NCP 33/1, Cop 85, F-M, D. i/R 24
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 338/1, 339/1–4, 340/1, 341/1, 342/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop SNG 85
2 2     ✸ P: 118 Mi Supp IV, 240/27