RPC III, 303

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 303
Province Achaea
Region Peloponnesus
Subregion Achaea
City Elis
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤωΡ- ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ
Edition Αὐτοκράτωρ Ἁδριανός
Translation Emperor Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with drapery on left shoulder
Reverse inscription ΗΛΕΙ-ωΝ
Edition Ἠλείων
Translation of the Eleans
Reverse design eagle standing facing with spread wings, head turned right, with wreath in beak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 3.94 g
Reference Liegle Taf. II, 4 (obv.) and Taf. III, 3 (rev.), Franke 1984a, p. 23, Abb. 40
Specimens 16 (7 in the core collections)
Die-links 15–16: same obv. die.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O ex Santamaria, Magnaguti III, 26 June 1950, lot 691
2 2     P: 1617
3 3     Cop SNG 450
4 4     B: 28674
5 5     ✸ B: 1919/1 Olympia-Funde
6 6     B: 1919/1 Olympia-Funde, 3.55
7 7     B: 1919/1 Olympia-Funde
8 8     A: 4199λβ
9 9     A: 4199λγ
10 10     A: 4199λδ
11 11     A: 4199λε
12 12     A: 4199λς
13 13     Leu 90, Coins of Olympia. The BCD collection, 10 May 2004, lot 317
14 14     BCD
15 15     Milan: Brera 2910 Nicodemi 3440
16 16     Milan: Brera 2911 Nicodemi 3441