RPC III, 365

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 365
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟ-Ϲ 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 Diomedes seated left on altar, right leg bent under him, holding sword in extended right hand, Palladium in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.46 g
Reference NCP 39–40/22, BMC 141, F-M, D. g/R 21
Specimens 3 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 150 (pl. XXVIII, 12 rev.), NCP pl. K, LXV rev.
2 2     ✸ Mu
3 3     B: Löbb.