RW: “M. Walbank (Walbank2003, pp. 346–347, n. 47, fig. 20.12:1) described the same iconography on an 18-mm coin minted at Corinth for Hadrian. According to Walbank, this particular iconography of seated Poseidon without a dolphin in his second hand revives one that first appeared on the duoviral issues of P. Tadius Chilo and C. Iulius Nicephorus in 43 or 42 B.C. The whole reverse type may represent a proposal for the Palaimonion’s statuary that was never realized, because a statue of the dead Palaimon atop a dolphin was finally adopted and appears on later coins. E. Gebhard (Gebhard1993, pp. 89–93, fig. 4) argued that the Palaimonion at the Isthmian Sanctuary under Hadrian was directly east of the temenos of Poseidon; this coin would seem to portray that building.“
Laureate and draped bust of emperor to right within dotted border
Obverse Inscription
[IMP] TRAIAN HADRIANVS A[VG]
Reverse Description
Poseidon seated to right and holding [trident] inside round temple with six columns and domed roof (= Palaimonion to the east of the Temple of Poseidon at the Isthmian Sanctuary); within dotted border
“KC048 (Early Roman diassarion(?) of Hadrian from Corinth).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc048>