RPC III, 345

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 345
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 head of Hadrian to left, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ
Edition Ἀργείων
Translation of the Argives
Reverse design tripartite temple with arcuated lintels; in the centre, statue of the emperor standing facing, looking left, his right hand raised in sign of adventus (?), holding sceptre (?) in left; at his feet, right, trophy
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.42 g
Reference Grigorova 1, F-M, D. h/R 23
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: 437/1900