RPC III, 207

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 207
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 117/28
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TRAIAN H-ADRIANVS AV(G)
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, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription COL LAV IVL CORI
Edition col(onia) L(aus)Iul(ia) Cori(nthiensium)
Translation Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Young Bacchus wearing himation about his loins, standing facing, head left, leaning on pillar; he holds cantharus in right hand and thyrsus in left; at his feet, left, panther
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.49 g
Axis 8
Reference NCP 20/16 and pl. E, LXXIX
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 840
2 2     Cop SNG 288
3 3     ✸ B: Friedlaender
4 4     CGT coll., ex VCoins Herakles Numismatics
5 5     Lanz 105, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 615