RPC III, 256

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 256
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 emperor in toga standing facing, head left, holding simpulum over lighted altar
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.52 g
Reference Fox 31
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 656 Fox pl. I, 22; Walbank, Aspects...p. 347, fig. 20.13.1
2 2     Cop SNG 299
3 3     B: P-O
4 4     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 640