RPC III, 166

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 166
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 TRA HADR AVG P P
Edition Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus Pater Patriae 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 bare-headed cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL L IVL COR
Edition colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium col(onia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Propylaea, with central arch and two columns at each side, surmounted by quadriga and statues
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.09 g
Reference NCP 22/22 and pl. F, XCVIII, Edwards 129
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 161/1, 162/1, 163/1, 164/3, 165/1, 167/1, 168/1.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ O: Baldwins 1950 Price-Trell, Coins and their cities, 1977, p. 86, fig. 152: rev.
2 2     B: Fox
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     P: 849
5 5     Corinth ( = Edwards 129 and pl. IV, 129 rev.)
6 6     Lykosoura ( = BCH 91, 2, 1967, p. 532, M2 and p. 537, fig. 23)