RPC III, 373

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 373
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 bust of Hadrian to right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ
Edition Ἀργείων
Translation of the Argives
Reverse design laureate head of Zeus (Sarapis ?), right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.79 g
Reference NCP 36/11, SNG Cop 87, F-M D. j/R 31
Specimens 5 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 116
2 2     Cop SNG 87
3 3     C McClean 6869 (and pl. 232.32)
4 4     B: I-B NCP pl. K, XXVII: rev.
5 5     Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26 June 1950, lot 698