RPC III, 135

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 135
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Dupondii
Dating AD 119/28
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAIAN HADR AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Traian(us) Hadr(ianus) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL L IVL COR
Edition col(onia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Bellerophon naked with a chlamys on his left shoulder standing left, seizing Pegasus by bridle with right hand, holding spear in left and shield on left shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 13.98 g
Reference NCP 13/3 and pl. C, XXVII
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 136/1–5, 137/1–2, 138/1, 139/1, 140/1. 1–2: same rev. die as 133/1, 134/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 844
2 2     Lanz 105 Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 593