RPC III, 434

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 434
Province Achaea
Region Phocis
City Delphi
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥ 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 (athlete?) naked, standing right, his right hand resting on his head, his left hand raised (holding an undetermined object?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Reference NCP 121/2, Sv 66
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 26, pl. IV, 17 = NCP pl. Y, III rev. = Sv pl. XXVIII, 11
2 2     O: Milne ex Sotheby’s, 8 Apr. 1930, lot 289