RPC III, 154

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 154
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Dupondii, P P or Cos III P P
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TR HADR AVG P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Tr(aianus) Hadr(ianus) Aug(ustus) P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus Father of the Fatherland
Obverse design bare-headed 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 Neptune seated left, holding dolphin in extended right hand, left resting on trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 12.96 g
Axis 6
Reference NCP 16/10 and pl. D, LIV
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 155/1–5.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C: Leake
2 2     CGT coll. (ex Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 581; Naville Numismatics 15, 7 June 2015, lot 216)
3 3     R. Pudill coll.