RPC III, 555

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 555
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 boar’s head prow left; above, anchor
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 3.69 g
Reference Oikonomidou Aelius 16–21, Calomino 147
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 23 (pl. XIX, 7), Oikonomidou Aelius 20 and pl. 19
2 2     O Oikonomidou 16 and pl. 19
3 3     ✸ P: 196 Oikonomidou 19 and pl. 19
4 4     V: GR 11917 Schlosser 40 = Oikonomidou Aelius 17 and pl. 19
5 5     B Oikonomidou Aelius 18 and pl. 19
6 6     SNG Evelpidis 1805 ( = Oikonomidou Aelius 21 and pl. 19)