RPC IV.1, 4646 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4646 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Obverse inscription ANTONINVS AVG PIVS
Edition Antoninus Aug(ustus) Pius
Translation Antoninus Augustus Pius
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation the colony Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Bacchus/Dionysus (youthful) seated, right, resting right arm on back of chair, holding long filleted thyrsus
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.95 g
Axis 1, 3, 5, 6, 9
Reference BCD Corinth 674, BMC 601, Cop 310
Specimens 11 (8 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: BMC 601, pl. XX.4 (rev. = NCP, p. 20, no. 16, pl. E.LXXXI (rev.))
2 2     ✸ L: 1920-8-5-979
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     B: (Löbb)
5 5     Cop: 310
6 6     NY: 1944.100.38568
7 7     NY: 1947.97.314
8 8     V: GR 13648
9 9     BCD Corinth 674 = Lanz 105, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 674 = Nomos obolos 16, 11 Oct. 2020, lot 524
10 10     BCD
11 11     Edwards 31, no. 143