RPC III, 420

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 420
Province Achaea
Region Phocis
City Delphi
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΕΛΦΩΝ
Reverse design Apollo and Artemis; Apollo is standing left, naked, his left leg crossed behind his right; he holds a bow in his extended right hand and an arrow (?) in his left; he looks right to Artemis in long chiton, standing right, looking left, holding branch (?) in her extended right hand
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Axis 8
Reference Sv 46
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ A: 2387β Sv pl. XXVII, 4
2 2     Milan: Brera 2899 Nicodemi 3426
3 3     Roma Numismatics EA 103, 24 Nov. 2022, lot 751