RPC IV.1, 4647 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 4647 (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 nude Mercury/Hermes standing, right, holding caduceus, resting left arm on column
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.64 g
Axis 2, 7, 8, 9, 12
Reference BCD Corinth 673, BMC 602
Specimens 7 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 602, pl. XX.5 (rev.)
2 2     P: 860
3 3     B: I-B NCP, p. 20, no. 18, pl. E.LXXXVII (rev.)
4 4     B: Rauch
5 5     V: GR 13651
7 7     Formerly BCD coll.
8 8     Naville Numismatics 40, 27 May 2018, lot 143 (ex Lanz 105, BCD coll., 26 Nov. 2001, lot 673)