Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 120 (Early Roman bronze coin of Hadrian from Corinth)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 138
Not before (date): 117
Comment: JLR 2024: Coin not found and examined. Identified here as in KenchreaiIII. Lost in 1968 with Hassia?
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RPC III 214
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 24, no. 224 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 2
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Authority: Hadrian (117-138)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 22.0
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 6.82
Obverse Description: [Laureate and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
Reverse Description: Nymph Peirene(?) reclining left [, holding palm and resting on amphora]
Reverse Inscription: COL - [LAV - IVL - COR]
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “Co 120 (Early Roman bronze coin 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/ke/co0120>