RPC III, 363

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 363
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 Isis (?) seated left on throne suckling Harpocrates (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 8.78 g
Reference NCP 42/30, BMC 151, F-M, D. d/R 13
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note Another interpretation of the reverse design is provided by F-M: Danae suckling her son Perseus.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 151, pl. XXVIII, 13: rev. = NCP pl. L, LII rev.