RPC III, 147

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 147
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Dupondii
Dating AD 119/28
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, seen from front, with gorgoneion
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 Genius of the Colony naked to waist standing left, sacrificing with patera in right hand over altar, left holding cornucopia
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 14.41 g
Reference NCP 27/34 var. and pl. G, CXLIII var.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 143/1, 144/1, 145/1, 146/1, 148/1, 149/1, 150/2, 151/1–3, 152/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920,0805.949 Walbank, Aspects.., p. 341, fig. 20.5.5
2 2     Corinth = Edwards 123 and pl. IV, 123 rev.