RPC III, 258

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 258
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait; Asses
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Head of Aphrodite (?), with earring and necklace, right, hair brought back and tied behind, leaving loose ends
Reverse inscription [CO]L IVLI CORIN
Edition col(onia) Iuli(a) Corin(thiensis)
Translation the Julian Corinthian colony
Reverse design Neptune standing, left, right foot on rock, holding dolphin in extended right hand, left resting on trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Average weight 7.55 g
Reference Fox —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 633