Co 228 (Early Roman as of Nero from Corinth) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

67

Not before (date)

66

Comment

Coin dated AD 66/7

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RPC I, 1205

Comparanda

Amandry1988, pp. 108, 215-216, 220, émission XXII.45

Preservation comment

Wear: aF. One marginal chip, slight, sparse pitting. Patches of light blue bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 22, no. 204 (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

12

Has denomination

As

Numismatic Authority

Nero (54-68)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

22.0

Numismatic Issuer

P. Memmius Cleander (Corinthian duovir, 66-67)

Numismatic Mint

Corinth

Numismatic Weight (g)

6.67

Obverse Description

Laureate head of emperor to right; within dotted border

Obverse Inscription

NERO CAE | AVG IMP

Reverse Description

Emperor standing to left on suggestum, right arm raised and left hand holding a scroll; within thin dotted border (traces)

Reverse Inscription

P MEM CLE[AND]-RO IIVIR QVIN; in right and left fields, AD–LO | AV–G

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph