RPC III, 184


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Coin type
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Volume	III
Number	184
Province	Achaea
Region	Corinthia
City	Corinth
Reign	Hadrian
Person (obv.)	Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue	Asses
Dating	AD 117/28
Obverse inscription	IMP CAE TRAI-ANV HADR AV
Edition	Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus Imp(erator) Cae(sar) Traianu(s) Hadr(ianus) Au(gustus)
Translation	Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design	laureate bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum
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	Isthmus seated on rock, left, right hand resting on inverted rudder
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	6.35 g
Reference	NCP 14/6 and pl. C, XXXIX
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

#	Specimen	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸			L	BMC 590	21.2	6.35		BMC 590 reads IMP NE TRAI-ANVM ADR, as well as Edwards 114 (IMP NE TRAIANV…). The correct reading was given by Walbank, Aspects…, p. 341, n 24, though she omits the last letters AV	Show
2	2				Corinth (Edwards 115 and pl. III, 115, rev.)					Show