RPC III, 553

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 553
Province Achaea
Region Epirus
City Nicopolis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Aelius (Caesar)
Obverse inscription Λ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ
Edition Λ(ούκιος) Αἴλιος Καῖσαρ
Translation Lucius Aelius Caesar
Obverse design bare head of Aelius, right
Reverse inscription ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΕωϹ
Edition Νικοπολεῶς
Translation of Nicopolis
Reverse design Isis standing facing, wearing kalathos, resting with right hand on sceptre surmounted by lotus (?), left holding situla
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 4.38 g
Axis 5
Reference Oikonomidou Aelius 9–11, Calomino 145
Specimens 6 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 21 (pl. XIX, 6), Oikonomidou Aelius 9 and pl. 19
2 2     O: Christ Church Oikonomidou Aelius 11α
3 3     Yale: 2004.6.1839 (ex PRF coll.) Oikonomidou Aelius 10 and pl. 19 obv.
4 4     BCD = Oikonomidou Aelius 11β
5 5     Ioannina
6 6     ✸ Freiburg: 13758