RPC III, 540

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 540
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Aelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Aelius Caesar
Obverse design bare-headed cuirassed bust of Aelius, right, with paludamentum, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΠΟ[ΛΕωϹ]
Edition Νικοπολεῶς
Translation of Nicopolis
Reverse design Aktia seated left, holding agonistic crown on her extended right hand, left resting on palm branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 21.51 g
Reference Oikonomidou Aelius 1, Calomino 133
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 539/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 197 Oikonomidou Aelius 1 and pl. 18