RPC III, 261

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 261
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Magistrate Hostilius Marcellus (priest of Antinous)
Obverse inscription ΟϹΤΙΛΙΟϹ ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟϹ Ο ΙΕΡΕΥϹ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΥ
Edition Ὁστιλίος Μάρκελλος ὁ ἱερεύς τοῦ Ἀντινοοῦ
Translation Hostilius Marcellus, the priest of Antinous
Obverse design draped bust, bare head, of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΟΙϹ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕ
Edition Κορινθίοις ἀνέθηκε
Translation dedicated (this) to the Corinthians
Reverse design Antinous as Poseidon seated left, holding patera in in his r, extended hand, left resting on a sceptre; at his feet, a dolphin
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 41 mm
Average weight 37.25 g
Axis 6
Reference Blum Corinth —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 260/1–3, 262/1–4, 6, 266/1, 267/1.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ R. Pudill coll. (ex MM XIII, 17-19 June 1954, lot 872; MM 52, 19-20 June 1975, lot 634; Lanz 105, Sammlung BCD, 26 Nov. 2001, lot 648; Triton VII, 14 Jan. 2004, lot 720; Naville Numismatics 12, 18 Jan. 2015, lot 173)