RPC III, 169

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 169
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 [ ]
Edition [---]
Translation [---]
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 round temple with domed roof and five equidistant columns; within, Melicertes on dolphin; on roof dolphin left and right as acroteria
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 11.14 g
Reference NCP —, cf. Edwards 28/111 (rev.)
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
Note The state of preservation of this coin is very poor. The portrait is laureate, but it is uncertain if the coin is dated P P (COS III P P). As the style of the portrait is close to 160-168, it is catalogued here
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: 1920,0805.972 (Fox)