RPC III, 269 (forgery)

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 269 (forgery)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Magistrate Hostilius Marcellus (priest of Antinous)
Obverse inscription ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟϹ ΔΙΥΟϹ
Edition Ἀντίνοος Διυος Ἀντίνοος Διυος
Translation Antinous god
Obverse design bare head of Antinous, left
Reverse inscription
Reverse design façade of temple with four columns with pediment; between the columns, left and right, a niche with statue; on the upper story, three groups of statues; within the gateway, on top of four steps, shrine in which a statue; on left and right, a torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 18.20 g
Axis 12
Reference Blum Corinth C
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 174
2 2     Harvard: HUAM CINV0057
3 3     H. Schulman, T.O. Mabbott coll., 6–11 June 1969, lot 1616
4 4     Aycock-Wakefield coll. = Naville Numismatics, Auction 94, February 23rd, 2025, lot 781 = Tennants Auctioneers sale 23, November 2022, lot 108