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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/358 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | III |
Number | 358 |
Province | Achaea |
Region | Peloponnesus |
Subregion | Argolis |
City | Argos |
Reign | Hadrian |
Person (obv.) | Hadrian (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡΙΑΝ-ΟϹ 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 | Hypermnestra with long chiton seated left on rock, her right hand raised, left resting on hydria; in front of her, Lynceus standing right, holding spear on right shoulder, his left hand raised |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 25 mm |
Average weight | 10.54 g |
Reference | NCP 42/30, F-M, D. b/R 5 |
Specimens | 4 (2 in the core collections) |