Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 92 (Late Republican as of Corinth)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-31
Not before (date)
-34
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
RPC I, no. 1127
Comparanda
Amandry1988
, pp. 108, 133-136, émission VIa-b
Comparanda
sim.
BMCCorinth
498-499, p. 60, pl. XV:8
Preservation comment
Wear: aVF/F. Sparse, minute pitting across surfaces; rare, prominent gouging. Slight spots of bluish green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, pp. 19, 84, no. 160 (R. Hohlfelder; “The obverse of this coin is illegible“[?)]
Axis (1-12)
9
Has denomination
As
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
23.0
Numismatic Issuer
C. Heius Pamphilus (Corinthian duovir, 34-31, 27/6 or 26/5, 17/16 BCE)
Numismatic Issuer
Q. Caecilius Niger (Corinthian duovir, 34-31 BC)
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
4.73
Obverse Description
Head of smiling Aphrodite to right, wearing necklace, hair bound with taenia and falling freely behind; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription
CORIṈṮ
Reverse Description
Pegasos prancing to right
Reverse Inscription
𝘘•CAECIL•NIGR | IIVIR | C•HEIO PAM (last two letters in ligature)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 92 (Late Republican as of Corinth).” In
Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0092>