RPC III, 244

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 244
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait; Asses
Dating AD 117/28
Obverse inscription IMP TRA ADRI-AN AVG ROMA
Edition Imp(erator) Tra(ianus) Hadria(nus) Aug(ustus) Roma
Translation Emperor Trajan Hadrian Augustus, Rome
Obverse design turreted and draped bust of Roma, right
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 temple with six columns on podium, under pine, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.48 g
Reference Fox 34
Specimens 4 (1 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     L: 1920,0805.888 Fox 34 and pl. I, 23 = Walbank, Aspects...p. 348, fig. 20.14.1
2 2     A M. Oikonomidou, AΔ 25, 1970, p. 10, ζ’ 1 and Πιν. 4, 6: from Messene excavations 1969
3 3     Lanz Münzen von Korinth Sammlung BCD, 26 nov. 2001, lot 641
4 4     ✸ Numismatik Naumann 90, 7 June 2020, lot 332