RPC III, 254


Image of specimen #1

Coin type
URI	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/254 json ttl rdf xml epidoc
Volume	III
Number	254
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	Aphrodite, standing facing, head right, resting on sceptre with right hand, holding an apple in left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	21 mm
Average weight	5.96 g
Reference	Fox 29
Specimens	2 (1 in the core collections)

Number	Number	Obverse	Reverse	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	1 ✸				Fox pl. I, 20	21.2			according to Fox, the coin illustrated here is located in L, where it could not be found	Show
2	2			Cop	SNG 301		5.96			Show