Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 122 (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 Kenchreai III. Lost in 1968 with Hassia?
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: BCDPeloponnesos 599, p. 83
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 23, no. 222 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 3
Numismatic Authority: Hadrian (117-138)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 25.0
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 12.47
Obverse Description: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
Reverse Description: Melikertes-Palaimon lying on dolphin inside round temple with domed roof (=Palaimonion at Isthmian Sanctuary); within dotted border
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Dolphin (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Historical building (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Palaimon-Melikertes (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “Co 122 (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/co0122>