RPC III, 355

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 355
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡΙΑ-ΝΟϹ 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 Zeus Meilichios seated left, his right extended hand over erect serpent, resting on sceptre with left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 12.24 g
Reference F-M, D. a/R 2
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Brussels: II 46.062 J. Bingen, ‘Une monnaie argienne de l’empereur Hadrien’, RBN 103, 1957, pp. 141–2