- Co 420 (Early Roman assarion of Marcus Aurelius from Argos) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 180
- Not before (date)
- 161
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RPC IV.1, no. 9659 temp.
- Comparanda
- BCDPeloponnesos 1193.2, p. 294
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P. Roughly 5% snapped off from obverse right; extensive, slight to moderate pitting. Incipient pale blue bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 676 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 5
- Has denomination
- Assarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Marcus Aurelius (161-180)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 21.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Argos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 6.01
- Obverse Description
- Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝ[OⲤ] - ΑVΓ[ΟVⲤ]ΤΟⲤ
- Reverse Description
- Hera sitting on high-backed throne to left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in raised left hand; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- Α[Ρ]ΓⲈ-ΙⲰ[Ν]
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Hera/Juno (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 420 (Early Roman assarion of Marcus Aurelius from Argos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0420>
