RPC III, 163

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 163
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Alliance with Patras
Issue Dupondii, P P or Cos III P P
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRA HADR AVG P P
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Tra(ianus) 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 CONCORD CORINT ET PAT
Edition concord(ia) Corint(hi) et Pat(rae)
Translation concord between Corinth and Patras
Reverse design female figures personifying the cities of Corinth and Patras standing each side of an altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 15.22 g
Reference Lambros, Anagraphè tôn nomismatôn tès kuriôs Ellados. Peloponnèsos (1891), p. 28, fig.
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 161/1, 162/1, 164/3, 165/1, 166/1, 167/1, 168/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920,0805.948 Walbank, Aspects.., p. 342, fig. 20.6.3