RPC III, 229

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 229
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 128/38?
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TR-A HADR AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Tra(ianus) Hadr(ianus) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with gorgoneion
Reverse inscription COL L IVL COR
Edition col(onia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Asclepius standing facing, head left, his right hand resting on serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 6.59 g
Axis 5
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1982,0112.2
2 2     Cop SNG 287
3 3     NY: 1944.100.38553
4 4     Princeton: P.U.L. 1506
5 5     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 nov. 2001, lot 616
6 6     ✸ R. Pudill coll.