RPC III, 198

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 198
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 117/28
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAIAN- 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, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL LAV IVL COR
Edition col(onia) L(aus)Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design male nude figure standing right, his right arm outstretched, his left hand on his head
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.71 g
Axis 6
Specimens 3 (1 in the core collections)
Note This figure is enigmatic. In the Lanz catalogue, it is described as Apollo(?)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.946
2 2     Lanz 105, Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 610
3 3     ✸ CGB Monetae 27, 2019, bpv_494466