RPC III, 137

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 137
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 Pallas Athena standing left, holding Victory in right hand, left resting on spear; left and right, owl and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 14.00 g
Reference NCP 21/20 and pl. E, XCII
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 135/1, 136/1–5, 138/1, 139/1, 140/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: Delepierre reverse illustrated in Walbank, Aspects..., p. 345, fig. 20.10.8
2 2     Lanz 105 Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 582
3 3     Naville 50, 23 June 2019, lot 161