Co 414 (Early Roman diassarion of Hadrian from Argos) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph