RPC III, 190

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 190
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 117/28
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAIA-N HADRIANVS AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Traian(us) Hadrianus Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription [C]OL LAV IVL [COR]
Edition col(onia) L(aus)Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Silenus or Marsyas, naked save for high boots and cap, standing left, right hand raised, holding wineskin over left shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.45 g
Reference Edwards 126, Walbank, AJN 1 (1989), pp. 79–87
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Corinth Edwards 126 and pl. IV, 126; M. Walbank, Marsyas at Corinth, AJN 1 (1989), pp. 79–87
2 2     Lykosoura ( = BCH 91, 2, 1967, p. 532, M1 and p. 537, fig. 22)
3 3     Lanz 109, 27 May 2002, lot 442 (ex Schulman, Mabbott coll., 6–11 June 1969, lot 873; Schulman, 2 June 1972, lot 1277)
4 4     Pecunem 41, 6 Mar. 2016, lot 438