RPC III, 173

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 173
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 HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
Edition Hadrianus Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) III P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation Hadrian Augustus, consul for the third time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL IVL COR
Edition col(onia) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensis)
Translation the Julian Corinthian colony
Reverse design Aphrodite holding shield in temple with four columns on Acrocorinth
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 12.80 g
Reference NCP 25–26/33 and pl. G, CXXVI
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 2: same obv. die as 172/1, 174/1–2.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
2 2     ✸ A-KIKPE: Rl.C1 ex Spink 68, 22 March 1989, lot 75; Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 597; Triton VII, 13 Jan. 2004, lot 743