RPC III, 260

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 260
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Magistrate Hostilius Marcellus (priest of Antinous)
Obverse inscription ΟϹΤΙΛΙΟϹ ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟϹ Ο ΙΕΡΕΥϹ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΥ
Edition Ὁστιλίος Μάρκελλος ὁ ἱερεύς τοῦ Ἀντινοοῦ
Translation Hostilius Marcellus, the priest of Antinous
Obverse design draped bust, bare head, of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΙϹ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ
Edition Κορινθίοις ἀνέθηκε
Translation dedicated (this) to the Corinthians
Reverse design Antinous as Bellerophon naked, standing front, head left, chlamys on his left arm, sizing with his right hand Pegasus by its bridle, a shield covering his left arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 39.17 g
Axis 5
Reference Blum Corinth —
Specimens 4 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same pair of dies. 1–3: same obv. die as 261/1, 262/1–4, 6, 266/1, 267/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ NAC 64, 17–18 May 2012, lot 1176
2 2     CNG MBS 69, 8 June 2005, lot 951 (ex Gorny & Mosch 117, 14 Oct. 2002, lot 379)
3 3     Künker 168, 12 Mar. 2010, lot 7762 = Künker 168, 12 Mar. 2010, lot 7762
4 4     Ankara: 112-3/1-93