RPC III, 530

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 530
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟϹ
Edition Καῖσαρ Ἁδριανὸς Πανελλήνιος
Translation Caesar Hadrian Panhellenic
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΙΕΡΑϹ ΝΕΙΚΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Ἱερᾶς Νεικοπόλεως
Translation of sacred Nicopolis
Reverse design city gate with three entrances flanked by two towers
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.60 g
Reference Oikonomidou Hadrian 42–3, Calomino 85
Specimens 7 (6 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–7: same obv. die as 529/1, 531/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1975,0512.2
2 2     P: 189 Oikonomidou 42β
3 3     Cop SNG 66 = Oikonomidou 43 and pl. 17
4 4     ✸ V: GR 11908 Schlosser 31 = Oikonomidou 42a and pl. 17
5 5     V: GR 11909 T 281 = Schlosser 32 = Oikonomidou 42γ
6 6     B: Fox Oikonomidou 42δ
7 7     Harvard: HUAM 1981.74.300