RPC III, 199

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 199
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 Aphrodite, standing facing, head right, resting on sceptre with right hand, holding an apple in left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 8.81 g
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Löbb.
2 2     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 609 (ex Harmer Rooke, Harvey J. Hoffer coll., 12–13 Dec. 1986, lot 1100)