RPC III, 374

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 374
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 Athena standing left, holding patera in right hand, left resting on long sceptre; at her feet, right, shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.61 g
Reference F-M, D. j/R 29
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Correction Corrected coin-type (post publication)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: Fox
2 2     LHS 96, Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection, 8–9 May 2006, lot 1186.5
3 3     ✸ Solidus Auktion 7, 15 Nov. 2015, lot 183