- Co 414 (Early Roman diassarion of Hadrian from Argos) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 138
- Not before (date)
- 117
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BCDPeloponnesos 1186.1, p. 282
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG/F. Extensive, small pitting; one large flake from left obverse; two craters on upper right reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 375 (R. Hohlfelder; identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 11
- Has denomination
- Diassarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Hadrian (117-138)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 25.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Argos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 8.72
- Obverse Description
- Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [ΑVΤ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟⲤ] (traces)
- Reverse Description
- Seminude Dionysos standing left holding grape cluster in extended right hand; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- ΑΡ[ΓⲈ-Ι]ⲰΝ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Dionysos/Bacchus (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 414 (Early Roman diassarion of Hadrian from Argos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0414>
