Co 120 (Early Roman bronze coin of Hadrian from Corinth) [permalink]

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 Person (Visual Motif)