RPC III, 423

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 423
Province Achaea
Region Phocis
City Delphi
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΥΓΟΥ
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription ΔΕΛΦΩΝ
Reverse design temple with six columns of Apollo; Ε between the central columns; figures in the pediment, on the centre and corners of the roof
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 12
Reference NCP 118–9/2, Sv 53 corr.
Specimens 5 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 218 Price and Trell, p. 88, fig. 156 rev. wrongly attributed to the reign of Septimius Severus
2 2     V: GR 12576
3 3     Formerly Six coll. ( = Sv pl. XXVII, 10)
4 4     ✸ NAC 55, The BCD collection. Lokris-Phokis, 8 Oct. 2010, lot 393 = Croissant, pl. 1, M2 rev. and enlargment of the pediment
5 5     BCD