RPC III, 205

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 205
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 Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus 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 colonia LausIulia Corinthiensium col(onia) L(aus)Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Aphrodite, naked to waist, standing facing, head right, holding shield as a mirror on column, in temple with four columns on Acrocorinth
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 8.42 g
Axis 3
Reference NCP 157/33 and pl. FF, XVI
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NY: 1944.100.38551 ex Rhousopoulos = NCP, pl. FF, XVI rev.