RPC III, 190

 

Image of specimen #1

 

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
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription [C]OL LAV IVL [COR]
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
Reference Edwards 126, Walbank, AJN 1 (1989), pp. 79–87
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)

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