Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 201 (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
Comment: Coin dated AD 4/5
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RPC I, 1142
Comparanda: Amandry1988, pp. 108, 151, 154, émission XIIIe
Comparanda: BMCCorinth 512, p. 62
Comparanda: sim. AgoraXXVI 679, p. 224 (J. Kroll)
Preservation comment: Wear: VG/F. Slight nicking around edges and slight, extensive pitting and rare scratching on both faces.
Axis (1-12): 7
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 21.0
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): 6.99
Obverse Description: Bare head of Germanicus to right; within thin dotted border (traces)
Obverse Inscription: [GER]MANI-CVS CAE[SAR] (COR)
Reverse Description: Names of duovirs in four lines within tufted pine or parsley wreath
Reverse Inscription: C MVSS[IO P]|RISCO IIVIR | C HEIO POLL|IONE ITER
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): http://server/unset-base/undefined
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