RPC III, 267 (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 267 (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 Isthmus holding anchor in each hand on basia within temple with four columns, viewed from three-quarters, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Average weight 36.20 g
Reference Blum Corinth —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 260/1–3, 261/1, 262/1–4, 6, 266/1.
Note See Hans-Christoph von Mosch, 'Antinoos in Isthmia und Sardeis', in (ed.) M. Fuchs, Ahoros. Gedenkschrift für Hugo Meyer (Vienna, 2018), pp. 170-82 (accepts as genuine)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll.