RPC III, 245

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 245
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait; Asses
Dating AD 117/28
Obverse inscription IMP TRA ADRI-AN AVG ROMA
Edition Imp(erator) Tra(ianus) Hadria(nus) Aug(ustus) Roma
Translation Emperor Trajan Hadrian Augustus, Rome
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of Roma, right
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 clasped hands, holding poppy head between two ears of corn
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 7.57 g
Axis 3
Reference Fox 33
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 589 (and pl. XIX, 9), Fox 33 = Walbank, Aspects...p. 348, fig. 20.14.2
2 2     ✸ NY: 1944.100.38555
3 3     Corinth Edwards 131