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 colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensium 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

# Specimen 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)