Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 249 (Early Roman as of Nero from Corinth)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Is Part Of: Coin Finds
Not after (date): 58
Not before (date): 57
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: RPC I 1201b
Comparanda: Amandry1988, pp. 108, 210-211, 213, émission XXI.16
Comparanda: BMCCorinth 564, p. 70, pl. XVIII:3
Contributor Notes: 2010 (May-June): R. Weir studied and identified, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Preservation description: Wear: F. Extensive, slight to moderate pitting and minor scratching. Widespread, small patches of powdery, pale blue bronze disease.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 22, no. 199 (R. Hohlfelder)
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Authority: Nero (54-68)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 20.0
Numismatic Issuer: C. Julius Polyaenus (Corinthian duovir, 57-58 or 58-59)
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 6.26
Obverse Description: Bare head of emperor to right; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription: NERO C̣[L]AVḌ - CẠẸS AVG (AV in ligatura)
Reverse Description: Naked Bellerophon to right, head turned to left, holding shield on left arm and seizing bridle of Pegasos, leaping left; within dotted border
Reverse Inscription: [C I]ṾḶIO POLYAEṆỌ [II]VIR; in exergue, COR
Chronology comment: Dated 57/8-58/9 CE
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Mythological Person (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Pegasos (Visual Motif)
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