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Æ18 - Hadrian ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ
| Issuer | Nicopolis (Achaea) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Hadrian facing right, rendered in the provincial Greek style with slightly coarse but expressive detail. The emperor's bust is truncated at the neck, with the laureate wreath clearly discernible. The obverse legend ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ runs around the field in Greek characters, referencing the imperial title Augustus. The portrait occupies the majority of the flan, with minimal border or beading visible on this irregularly struck specimen. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ |
| Reverse description | A galley under oars moves to the left, with seven rowers depicted at the oar-banks in a schematic provincial manner. On the deck stands a figure in military dress, identified tentatively as Octavian/Augustus, with the right arm extended in a commanding or saluting gesture. The scene commemorates the naval victory at the Battle of Actium (31 BC) and the subsequent founding of Nicopolis. The reverse legend ΑΥΓΟΥϹΤΟϹ appears in Greek script around the type, reinforcing the Augustan commemorative theme central to Nicopolis coinage under Hadrian. |
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