RPC III, 227

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 227
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 128/38?
Obverse inscription IMP CAES - TRA HADR AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Tra(ianus) Hadr(ianus) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription [COL L IVL] CORIN
Edition col(onia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Corin(thiensis)
Translation Julian Colony of Corinthian Glory
Reverse design Triptolemus seated on winged car drawn by two serpents, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.59 g
Reference NCP 27/34 and pl. CXXXVIII
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 nov. 2001, lot 586