RPC III, 383

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 383
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΤΙϹΤΗϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανὸς Κτίστης Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Ἁδριανὸς Κτίστης
Translation Emperor Hadrian the Founder
Obverse design laureate bust of Hadrian to right, with paludamentum
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ
Edition Ἀργείων Ἀργείων
Translation of the Argives
Reverse design male helmed figure (Ares?) standing facing, head right, holding spear (?) and sword (?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average weight 4.39 g
Reference F-M, D. j/R 38
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Argos 3178 (excavations of the French School of Archaeology)