RPC III, 239

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 239
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 128/38?
Obverse inscription [ ] AVG COS III P P
Edition [---] Aug(ustus) Co(n)s(ul) III P(ater) P(atriae)
Translation [---], Augustus, consul for the third time, father of the fatherland
Obverse design laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription [ ] KENC
Edition [---] Kenc(hreae)
Translation [---] Cenchreae
Reverse design Mercury standing left, his right hand resting on ram at his feet, left, holding kerukeion in left; in right field, amphora
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.66 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note KENC refers to Cenchreae, one of the two harbours of Corinth. See also 197.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 nov. 2001, lot 613