RPC III, 250

 

Image of specimen #11

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 250
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 Bellerophon riding Pegasus galloping right, slaying with spear Chimaera, left beneath him
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.64 g
Axis 12
Reference NCP 13–14/4, Fox 26
Specimens 14 (9 in the core collections)
Die-links 3–5, 12–13: same pair of dies.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 695
2 2     L: 1969,1102.1
3 3     P: 661
4 4     P: Delepierre
5 5     P: S de R
6 6     Cop SNG 297
7 7     MA
8 8     V: GR 13429
9 9     V: GR 13430
10 10     Moscow: 453417
11 11     ✸ NY: 1944.100.37227
12 12     Peus 378, 28 Apr. 2004, lot 1018
13 13     Lanz 105, Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 638
14 14     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 639