RPC III, 218

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 218
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 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, with paludamentum, 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 temple with four columns; within, Isthmus seated left, his right hand on his head, left resting on rudder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 7.54 g
Axis 6
Reference NCP 14/6 and pl. C, XXXVII
Specimens 8 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.963 (Fox)
2 2     ✸ B: I-B NCP, pl. C, XXXVII rev.
3 3     B: Fox
4 4     Princeton: P.U.L. 1504
5 5     Princeton: P.U.L. 1505
6 6     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 nov. 2001, lot 621
7 7     ETB coll., ex Gitbaud and Naumann
8 8     CGT coll., ex Forum Ancient Coins