Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 260 (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 1127
Cited by: Amandry1979, p. 239 (rev. KenchreaiIII)
Comparanda: Amandry1988, pp. 108, 133-136, émission VIa-b
Comparanda: BMCCorinth 498-499, p. 60, pl. XV:8
Contributor Notes: 2010 (late May): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2023-2024: JLR identified coin.
Preservation description: Wear: aG/P. Slight, sparse, minute pitting and rare scratching. Extensive white clouding over both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 23, no. 223 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Corinth under Roman Rule … Hadrian”)
Axis (1-12): 3
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 23.0
Numismatic Issuer: C. Heius Pamphilus (Corinthian duovir, 34-31, 27/6 or 26/5, and 17/16 BCE)
Numismatic Issuer: Q. Caecilius Niger (Corinthian duovir, 34-31 BCE)
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 10.52
Obverse Description: Head of smiling Aphrodite to right, wearing [earring] and necklace, hair tied with taenia and hanging loose in back
Reverse Description: Pegasus flying right
Reverse Inscription: [Q CA]ẸCIḶ ṆỊ[GR] | C̣ ḤẸ[IO PAM]; to right, [II|]ṾỊ[R]
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Pegasos (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph