RPC III, 266 (forgery)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 266 (forgery)
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 ΤΟΙϹ ΑΧΑΙΟΙϹ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ
Edition τοῖς Ἀχαιοῖς ἀνέθηκεν
Translation dedicated (this) to the Achaeans
Reverse design Antinous as Hermes standing right, naked but for a short cloak, holding a caduceus and leaning on a bearded, ithyphallic Herm
Metal brass
Average diameter 42 mm
Average weight 37.39 g
Reference Mi II, 160/97, Blum Corinth 1 corr.
Specimens 2 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 260/1–3, 261/1, 262/1–4, 6, 267/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: AA.GR.1356 Blum, pl. I, 13
2 2     Universitätssammlung Giessen