RPC III, 369

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 369
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ - 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 seated left on rock, holding (?); at her feet, hydria
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.57 g
Reference F-M, D. c/R 8
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 122
2 2     ✸ BCD (ex Harmer-Rooke, Hoffer coll., 12 Dec. 1986, lot 1087, part of)