RPC III, 279

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 279
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 Augustus Consul III Pater Patriae 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] PATRENSIS
Edition colonia Augusta Achaica Patrensis col(onia) A(ugusta) A(chaica) Patrensis
Translation Augustan colony of Achaean Patras
Reverse design aquila on thunderbolt between two standards
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 18 mm
Average weight 8.39 g
Reference BMC 30
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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