Co 401 (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
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