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
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Αὔγουστος Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Καῖ(σαρ) Τραϊανὸς Ἁδριανὸς Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΔΕΛΦΩΝ
Edition Δελφῶν Δελφῶν
Translation of the Delphians
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
Average weight 5.28 g
Reference NCP 121/2, Sv 66
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen 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