RPC III, 240

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 240
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Sabina (Augusta)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 128/37 (?)
Obverse inscription SABINA AVGVSTA
Edition Sabina Augusta
Translation Sabina Augusta
Obverse design draped bust of Sabina, left, hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane
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 Melicertes reclining on dolphin, under pine, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.29 g
Axis 7
Reference NCP 10–12/1
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 854
2 2     B: Löbb.
3 3     NY: 1944.100.38556
4 4     V: GR 13637 (T 1914)
5 5     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 647 = Naville 43, 23 Sept. 2018, lot 127
6 6     Rome De Sanctis Mangelli 311