RPC III, 158

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 158
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 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 emperor in military dress on horseback, left, his mantle floating behind him, his right hand raised, holding spear in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 11.10 g
Reference Edwards, pl. IV, 125
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 157/1, 159/1, 160/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: 398/1901
2 2     Corinth Edwards 125 and pl. IV, 125; Walbank, Aspects..., p. 343, fig. 20.7.1
3 3     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex VCoins Gitbud and Naumann)
4 4     St Florian ( = F. Kenner, Die Münzsammlung des Stiftes St Florian, Vienna, 1871, pp. 185–6 and Taf. VI, fig. 24)