RPC III, 359

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 359
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 Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus in right hand resting on thyrsus with his left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.05 g
Reference NCP 40/23, F-M, D. b/R 6
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

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