RPC III, 357

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 357
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ-ΟϹ ΚΤΙϹΤΗϹ
Nominative Imperator Hadrianus founder
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to r., with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙⲰΝ
Reverse design Heracles standing r., slaying with sword in r. hand the Lernaean hydra which he seized with l. hand
Metal Æ
Average diameter 23 mm
Reference NCP 52/2 (Lerna), F-M, D. b/R 7, D. c/R 7
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1979,1135.12
2 2     V
3 3     B: I-B NCP pl. M, Lerna I rev.
4 4     ✸ BCD