Co 276 (Late Republican as of Corinth) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-31
Not before (date)
-34
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 Diameter (mm)
24.0
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)
6.4
Obverse Description
Head of smiling Aphrodite to right, wearing necklace, hair tied with taenia and falling freely behind head; within dotted border (traces)
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)
Pegasos (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph