RPC III, 351

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 351
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡΙ-ΑΝΟϹ 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 Danae seated on throne, left, looking upwards, her extended hands grasping the ends of her garment for collecting the golden rain
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 7.77 g
Reference F-M, D. f/R 20
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ LHS 96, Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection, 8–9 May 2006, lot 1186.3