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 Imperator Traianus Hadrianus Augustus Roma Imp(erator) Tra(ianus) <H>adrian(us) 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 colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium 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

# Specimen 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