Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 72 (Early Roman as of Augustus in the name of Germanicus from Corinth)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 5
Not before (date): 4
Logical part of: Area B (northwest side of harbor)
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RPC I, 1142
Comparanda: Amandry1988, pp. 151-156, émission XIIIe-g
Comparanda: BMCCorinth 512, p. 62
Comparanda: CorinthVI, p. 19, no. 39, pl. II (K. M. Edwards)
Preservation comment: Wear: G. Slight, extensive pitting and rare scratching on both faces; thick patches of white encrustation(?) on obverse and faint cloud of pale blue corrosion across both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 20, no. 175 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 2
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 23.0
Numismatic Issuer: C. Heius Pollio (Corinthian duovir, 4-5 CE)
Numismatic Issuer: C. Mussius Priscus (Corinthian duovir, AD 4-5)
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 6.84
Obverse Description: Bare head of Germanicus to right
Obverse Inscription: GERMA[NI-CVS CAESAR (COR)]
Reverse Description: Names of duovirs inside tufted pine or parsley wreath (traces)
Reverse Inscription: [C M]V[SSIO P]|R[ISCO IIVI]R | [C H]EI[O] PO[LL|I]ON[E ITER]
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Germanicus (d. 19 CE)
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