RPC III, 121

 

Image of specimen #3

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 121
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Dupondii
Dating AD 119/28
Obverse inscription [IMP CAES TRAIAN HADR AVG]
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Traian(us) Hadr(ianus) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL L IVL COR
Edition col(onia) L(aus) Iul(ia) Cor(inthiensium)
Translation Colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design Pegasus leaping, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 26 mm
Average weight 10.38 g
Reference NCP —, SNG Cop 283
Specimens 3 (2 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–3: same obv. die as 119/1, 120/1, 122/1, 122A/1, 123/1, 124/1–2, 125/1, 128/1–2.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.960 (Fox)
2 2     Cop SNG 283
3 3     ✸ Naville 24, 17 July 2016, lot 238 ex Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 594