RPC III, 191

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 191
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 COL COR
Edition col(onia) Cor(inthiensis)
Translation the Corinthian colony
Reverse design Bellerophon riding Pegasus, right, slaying with spear Chimaera, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.20 g
Reference NCP 13–14/4
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.958 (Fox)
2 2     ✸ P: 846
3 3     Cop SNG 284
4 4     V: GR 13622
5 5     Corinth = Edwards 117
6 6     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1014 (ex Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 623)
7 7     Pegasi Numismatics BBS 107, 11 May 1998, lot 153
8 8     R. Pudill coll.
9 9     Numisfitz 4, 8–9 June 2024, lot 690