Co 38 (Early Roman diassarion of Antoninus Pius from Argos) [permalink]

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

Contributor Notes

2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Description

Centering dimple on obverse.

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[ⲤⲈΒΗⲤ]

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)

Herakles/Hercules (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph