RPC III, 197

 

Image of specimen #2

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 197
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 LECH CENCH
Edition Lech(aeum) Cench(reae)
Translation Lechaeum, Cenchreae
Reverse design the two harbours, Lechaeum and Cenchreae, as nymphs, turned opposite ways, each holding a rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.12 g
Reference NCP 15/7 and pl. C, XL
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)
Feedback

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 595
2 2     ✸ P: 853
3 3     P: 845a
4 4     Cop SNG 290
5 5     CNG MBS 66, 19 May 2004, lot 1015 (ex Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 629)
6 6     R. Pudill coll.