Co 401 (Late Republican as of Corinth) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-31
Not before (date)
-34
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Typological identification
RPC I, no. 1128
Comparanda
Co 1030, Co 1044, Co 1271
Comparanda
Amandry1988, pp. 130, 136-138, émission VI
Comparanda
BMCCorinth 496, 497, p. 60, pl. XV:7
Preservation comment
Wear: P+/P. Extensive, minute pitting and rare gouging.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 24, no. 237 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Corinth under Roman Rule … Uncertain”)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
As
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
21.0
Numismatic Issuer
C. Heius Pamphilus (Corinthian duovir, 34-31, 27/6 or 26/5, 17/16 BCE)
Numismatic Issuer
Q. Caecilius Niger (Corinthian duovir, 34-31 BC)
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
4.82
Obverse Description
Head of smiling Aphrodite to right, hair tied back with taenia and falling loosely behind
Obverse Inscription
Behind head, CO[RINTH]
Reverse Description
Bellerophon riding Pegasos to right, spearing Chimaera to lower right
Reverse Inscription
[Q] CAEC[IL NIGR] | C H[EIO PAM] | IIV[IR]
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)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 401 (Late Republican as of Corinth).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0401>