RPC III, 203

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 203
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 Silenus or Marsyas, naked save for high boots and cap, standing left, right hand raised, holding wineskin over left shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.65 g
Reference Edwards 126, Walbank, AJN 1, 1989, pp. 79–87
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     O: Milne 1929
2 2     P: 843 Walbank, Aspects..., p. 342, fig. 20.6.1
3 3     ✸ B: Rauch
4 4     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 626 (ex CNG XXXIII, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1220)