RPC IV.1, 5073 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 5073 (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 bare head of Antoninus Pius (assimilated to portrait of Hadrian?), right
Reverse inscription C L I COR
Edition c(olonia) L(aus)Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Neptune/Poseidon seated, left, holding dolphin and trident
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 6.81 g
Axis 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 12
Reference BCD Corinth 671, Cop 309 corr.
Specimens 12 (6 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920-8-5-981, broken, 6.29g
2 2     Cop: 309, obverse wrongly as 'laureate head'
3 3     P: 858
4 4     B: 1912/534 Prowe II, 1054
5 5     BCD Corinth 671 = Lanz 105, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 671 = Naville Numismatics 47, 3 Mar. 2019, lot 121
6 6     BCD
7 7     BCD
8 8     ✸ BCD
9 9     NY: 1947.97.315
10 10     V: GR 12240, under 'Corcyra'
11 11     Yale: ex PRF
12 12     Edwards 31, no. 138