Corinth Coin: 1986 70
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1986 70
Title:   Roman Imperial Copper/Bronze Sestertius of Hadrian, Rome Mint (AD 119 - AD 138)
Year:   1986
Coin Number:   70
Period:   Roman Imperial
Material:   AE
Denomination:   sestertius
Mint:   Rome
Authority:   Hadrian
Obverse Legend:   [HADRI]ANVS - AVG COS III [PP]
Obverse Type:   Head r., laureate, drapery over l. shoulder
Reverse Legend:   S-C in field
Reverse Type:   Diana standing l., draped, with arrow in r. and bow in l.
Axis Clock:   6
Diameter:   30
Chronology:   AD 119 - AD 138
Context:   NB780 B43 P88
Findspot Description:   Theater E; 94 AT
Excavation Date: 5/12/1986
Notebook 780, p. 88
Basket 43, NB780 B43 P88, .
Elevation:   71.343
Area:   East of Theater
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Code 413
BMCRE gives obv. as laureate bare bust, but slight drapery is clearly visible.
Reference:   BMCRE III, p. 474, #1545
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 38, #39
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 56:1, 1987
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