RPC III, 174

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 174
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 L IVL COR
Edition col(onia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design bearded Bacchus standing, right, fully clad, holding cantharus in right hand, left resting on thyrsus; at his feet, right, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 13.88 g
Reference NCP 19/16 and pl. E, LXXVII
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same obv. die as 172/1, 173/2.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 1233 (under Berytus)
2 2     ✸ B: 28676/63 NCP, pl. E, LXXVII: rev.