RPC III, 228

 

Image of specimen #4

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 228
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Hadrian (Augustus)
Issue Asses
Dating AD 128/38?
Obverse inscription IMP CAES - TRA HADR AVG
Edition Imp(erator) Caes(ar) Tra(ianus) Hadr(ianus) Aug(ustus)
Translation Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Hadrian, right
Reverse inscription COL L IVL C
Edition col(onia) L(aus)Iul(ia) C(orinthiensium)
Translation colony of Laus Iulia of the Corinthians
Reverse design temple with four columns seen from left corner on Acrocorinth
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 21 mm
Average weight 5.30 g
Axis 7
Reference NCP 27/34 and pl. CXXXVIII
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L BMC 597
2 2     P: 851
3 3     B: 623/1902
4 4     ✸ Leu 4, 25 May 2019, lot 415