- Co 38 (Early Roman diassarion of Antoninus Pius from Argos) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 161
- Not before (date)
- 138
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RPC IV.1, 7927
- Comparanda
- BCDPeloponnesos 1192.2, p. 284
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 26, no. 268 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 8
- Has denomination
- Diassarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Antoninus Pius (138-161)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 25.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Argos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 12.11
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head of emperor to right; within thin dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- ΑVΤ ΑΝΤⲰΝ-ⲈΙΝΟⲤ ⲈV[ⲈΒΗⲤ]
- Reverse Description
- Nude Herakles standing to right, head turned back, holds lion skin in left arm and grounded club in right; within thin dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- ΑΡΓⲈ-ΙⲰΝ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Heracles/Hercules (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 38 (Early Roman diassarion of Antoninus Pius from Argos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0038>
