RPC III, 251

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 251
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 flying right, slaying with spear Chimaera, right beneath him
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.27 g
Reference NCP 13–14/4, Cop 296
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop SNG 296