RPC III, 219

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 219
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 Victory standing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm on left shoulder
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.11 g
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.939 (Fox)
2 2     V: GR 13626
3 3     ✸ B: Löbb.
4 4     Corinth: 25-270 Hesperia 56 (1986), p. 111, no. 143 and Pl. 18, 143 (as a coin of Patras)