RPC III, 253

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 253
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 Aphrodite standing facing, head left, holding with both hands shield as a mirror; at her feet, right, Eros holding wreath
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 22 mm
Average weight 6.60 g
Reference NCP 25/33 and pl. G, CXXI, Fox 28
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L BMC 696
2 2     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 634