Co 122 (Early Roman bronze coin of Hadrian from Corinth) [permalink] [show fewer links]

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)