RPC III, 379

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 379
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 Ares standing facing, head helmeted left, holding spear in his right hand and shield on his left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.80 g
Reference SNG C 3816, F-M, D. j/R 34
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note F-M interpret the type as an athlete (p. 57), but the male figure is certainly helmed and holds a spear, which was not noticed by F-M. Again the cast they publish is misleading
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C SNG 3816