RPC III, 263

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 263
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Magistrate Hostilius Marcellus (priest of Antinous)
Obverse inscription ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟϹ Ο ΙΕΡΕΥϹ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΥ
Edition Μάρκελλος ὁ ἱερεύς τοῦ Ἀντινοοῦ
Translation Marcellus, the priest of Antinous
Obverse design bare-headed, three-quarter length bust of Antinous, left
Reverse inscription ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΙϹ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ
Edition Κορινθίοις ἀνέθηκε
Translation dedicated (this) to the Corinthians
Reverse design Antinous as Dionysus standing right, half naked, his right hand on his hip, holding a long transverse thyrsus in his left hand, leaning on a herm; on left, pillar; on right, crater
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 44 mm
Reference Blum Corinth —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 264/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Münzhandlung Basel 3, Prince Waldeck coll., 5 Mar. 1935, lot 454