RPC III, 248

 

Image of specimen #10

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 248
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait; Asses
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Ηead of Aphrodite (?), with earring and necklace, right, hair brought back and tied behind, leaving loose ends
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 lioness standing, right, over prostrate ram, on capital of Doric column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 6.97 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference NCP 19/14 and pl. E, LXXV, Fox 25 and 36
Specimens 11 (8 in the core collections)
Die-links 5, 8: same pair of dies. 5, 8: same obv. die as 257/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 691
2 2     L: 1920,0805.1178
3 3     P: 659
4 4     P: S de R
5 5     P: 660
6 6     B: Rauch
7 7     Torino 21814
8 8     NY: 1944.100.37219
9 9     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 nov. 2001, lot 642 (ex MünzZentrum 81, 30 Mar. 1995, lot 184)
10 10     ✸ Leu WA 15, 27 Feb. 2021, lot 1102
11 11     Cop SNG 295 (not illustrated; pierced and broken)