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Image of specimen #2 |
URI | https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/9508 json ttl rdf xml epidoc |
Volume | IV.1 |
Number | 9508 (temporary) |
Province | Achaea |
Region | Corinthia |
City | Corinth |
Reign | Marcus Aurelius |
Person (obv.) | Marcus Aurelius (Augustus) |
Obverse inscription | [IMP?] CAES M AVRE[LIO?] ANTONINVS AVG [P M] |
Edition | Imp(erator) Caes(ar) M(arcus) Aureliu(s) Antoninus Aug(ustus) P(ontifex) M(aximus) |
Translation | Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, chief priest |
Obverse design | laureate head of Marcus Aurelius with traces of drapery, right |
Reverse inscription | C L I COR |
Edition | c(olonia) L(aus) I(ulia) Cor(inthiensium) |
Translation | colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians |
Reverse design | to left, cult statue of Venus/Aphrodite of Acrocorinthus standing, left, holding Mars/Ares' shield before her as mirror; to right, cult statue of Diana/Artemis of Ephesus standing, facing, wearing kalathos, having supports |
Metal | copper-based alloy |
Average diameter | 28 mm |
Average weight | 12.69 g |
Axis | 10, 11 |
Reference | BCD Corinth 786 corr. |
Specimens | 2 (1 in the core collections) |