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URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/378 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | III |
Number | 378 |
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 | male figure (Melampous?) standing right, with legs crossed, holding two serpents by the throats |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 21 mm |
Average weight | 6.08 g |
Reference | NCP 42/30, BMC 152, F-M, D. j/R 37 |
Specimens | 3 (3 in the core collections) |