RPC III, 267 (forgery)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume III
Number 267 (forgery)
Province Achaea
Region Corinthia
City Corinth
Reign Hadrian
Person (obv.) Antinous
Person (rev.) Antinous
Magistrate Marcellus (priest of Antinous)
Obverse inscription ΟϹΤΙΛΙΟϹ ΜΑΡΚΕΛΛΟϹ Ο ΙΕΡΕΥϹ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΤΙΝΟΟΥ
Obverse design draped bust, bare head, of Antinous, right
Reverse inscription ΤΟΙϹ ΑΧΑΙΟΙϹ ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ
Reverse design Antinous as Isthmus holding anchor in each hand on basia within temple with four columns, viewed from three-quarters, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 40 mm
Reference Blum Corinth —
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Die-links 1: same obv. die as 260/1–3, 261/1, 262/1–4, 6, 266/1.
Note See Hans-Christoph von Mosch, 'Antinoos in Isthmia und Sardeis', in (ed.) M. Fuchs, Ahoros. Gedenkschrift für Hugo Meyer (Vienna, 2018), pp. 170-82 (accepts as genuine)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Private coll.