RPC III, 389

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 389
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Argolis
City Argos
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Sabina (Augusta)
Obverse inscription ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Nominative Sabina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Sabina, right, hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane
Reverse inscription ΑΡΓΕΙωΝ
Reverse design male bearded figure standing right, his right hand resting on sceptre, holding ? in his extended left hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Reference F-M, D. m/R 44
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note F-M described the figure as Aphrodite, but there is no doubt the figure is male and bearded
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920,0805.1354