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 Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus 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 colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium 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

# Specimen 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.