- Co 254 (Early Roman hemiassarion(?) of Domitian from Thespiae) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 79
- Not before (date)
- 69
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Cited by
- Walker1980, p. 219 (rev. KenchreaiIII)
- Comparanda
- RPC II, 274
- Comparanda
- BMCCentralGreece Boeotia: Thespiae 30-32, p. 93, pl. XVI:16
- Description
- Unusually large; obverse struck ca. 30% off flan to upper right.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG. Slightly nicked edge; extensive, slight pitting and sparse flaking.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 671 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 10
- Has denomination
- Hemiassarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Domitian (81-96)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 16.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thespiae
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 3.49
- Obverse Description
- Radiate head of emperor to right; all within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- ΑΥ ΔΟ ΚΑ[ΙⲤΑΡ ⲤΕ ΓΕΡ]
- Reverse Description
- Apollo seated to right playing lyre with plectrum; within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- ΘΕ[ⲤΠΙΕⲰΝ]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Apollo (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 254 (Early Roman hemiassarion(?) of Domitian from Thespiae).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0254>
