RPC III, 196

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 196
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 LAV IVL CORI
Edition col(onia) L(aus)Iul(ia) Cori(nthiensium)
Translation Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Young Bacchus wearing himation about his loins, standing facing, head left, leaning on pillar; he holds cantharus in right hand and thyrsus in left; at his feet, left, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.44 g
Reference NCP 19–20/16 and pl. E, LXXXIX
Specimens 2 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.940
2 2     ✸ B: I-B