Co 276 (Late Republican as of Corinth) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
RPC I, no. 1127
Comparanda
Amandry1988, pp. 108, 133-136, émission VIa
Comparanda
BMCCorinth 499, p. 60, pl. XV:8
Description
Centering dimple on obverse.
Preservation comment
Wear: VG. Slight, extensive pitting and rare scratching.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 19, no. 162 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
11
Has denomination
as
Numismatic Weight (mm)
24.0
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
6.4
Obverse Description
Head of smiling Aphrodite to right, wearing necklace, hair tied with taenia and falling freely behind head
Reverse Description
Pegasos flying to right
Reverse Inscription
[Q CAECIL NIGR] | IIVIR | C HEIO [PAM]
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 276 (Late Republican as of Corinth).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0276>