RPC III, 554

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 554
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 galley with six rowers, left; on the deck, figure standing with extended right arm (Octavian in military dress?)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 4.02 g
Reference Oikonomidou Aelius 12–15, Calomino 146
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 22, Oikonomidou Aelius 13 and pl. 19
2 2     V: GR 11919 Schlosser 41 = Oikonomidou Aelius 12 and pl. 19
3 3     ✸ B: Löbb. Oikonomidou Aelius 14 and pl. 19
4 4     B: Fox Oikonomidou Aelius 15α and pl. 19
5 5     N: 6814 Oikonomidou Aelius 15β
6 6     Ioannina Oikonomidou Aelius 15γ = from the excavations of Dodone 1969