Co 397 (Late Republican semis of Augustus from Corinth) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-30

Not before (date)

-30

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

RPC I, no. 1130

Comparanda

Amandry1988, pp. 41-43, 138-139, émission VIIb, pl. VIII

Comparanda

BCDCorinth 330, p. 48

Comparanda

CorinthVI 24, p. 17, pl. I (K. M. Edwards)

Preservation comment

Wear: F. Nicked and slightly cracked edge; extensive, moderate pitting and gouging. Wide patches of white bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 65 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial”)

Axis (1-12)

11

Has denomination

Semis

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

14.0

Numismatic Issuer

M. Antonius Theophilus (Corinthian duovir, 30 BCE)

Numismatic Issuer

P. Aebutius (Corinthian duovir, 39-36 and 30 BCE)

Numismatic Mint

Corinth

Numismatic Weight (g)

3.28

Obverse Description

Bucranium within dotted border

Obverse Inscription

⟳ M ANT THEO-PHIL IIVI-R QVINQ

Reverse Description

Praefericulum; to right, palm branch circling up over handle; within dotted border

Reverse Inscription

⟲ P AEBVTIVS II - VIR QVINQ

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Republican (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph