RPC III, 276

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 276
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
City Patras
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription HADRIANV[S - AVG COS III P P]
Edition Hadrianus Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) III P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Hadrian Augustus, consul for the third time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design bare head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription COL A A [PATRENS]
Edition col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrens(is)
Translation Colony of Augustan Achaia of Patras
Reverse design Artemis in short chiton running left, holding torch in right hand; at her feet, stag, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 5.09 g
Axis 6
Reference NCP 77–78/4 and pl. Q, XI
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: I-B NCP, pl. Q, XI rev.
2 2     Rome De Sanctis Mangelli 245