RPC III, 155

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 155
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Dupondii, P P or Cos III P P
Dating AD 128/38
Obverse inscription IMP CAES TR HADR AVG P P
Nominative Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus pater patriae
Obverse design bare-headed cuirassed bust of Hadrian, right, with paludamentum, seen from front
Reverse inscription COL L VIL (sic) COR
Reverse design Propylaea, with central arch and two columns at each side, surmounted by quadriga and statues
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Reference NCP 22/22 and pl. F, XCVIII
Specimens 5 (1 in the core collections)
Die-links 1–5: same pair of dies. 1–5: same obv. die as 154/1. 1–5: same rev. die as 159/1.

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.969 (Fox)
2 2     Princeton: P.U.L. 1500
3 3     Harvard: HUAM 1986.382.128
4 4     ✸ Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 600 (ex MM X, 22–23 June 1951, lot 112)
5 5     R. Pudill coll. (ex J Elsen 97, 13 Sept. 2008, lot 451; MünzZentrum 154, 13 Jan. 2010, lot 258)