RPC III, 180

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 180
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 117/28
Obverse inscription IMP CAESAR TRA - HADRIANVS
Edition Imp(erator) Caesar Tra(ianus) Hadrianus
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajanus Hadrian
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right, with aegis on left shoulder
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 temple with six columns on podium
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.29 g
Axis 6
Reference Hesperia 49 (1980), pl. 1, 87
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     V: GR 10632 (T 1909)
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.38545 (ex Philipsen 1120) Walbank, Aspects..., p. 341, fig. 20.5.1
3 3     Corinth 76–427 = Hesperia 49 (1980), p. 17, 87 and pl. 1, 87
4 4     Corinth 25–549
5 5     Corinth N. of School 15/V/34 = Hesperia 49 (1980), p. 17, 87a and pl. 1, 87a
6 6     Corinth 25–549 = Hesperia 56, 2 (1987), p. 107, and pl. 17, 58
7 7     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 630