RPC III, 195

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 195
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 LA[ ] COR
Edition col(onia) La(—)[---] Cor(inthiensis)
Translation the colony [---] of Corinthian Glory
Reverse design temple with six columns seen from front on Acrocorinth
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.92 g
Reference NCP 25–27/33 var.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–2: same pair of dies.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 596
2 2     ✸ Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 629