Co 420 (Early Roman assarion of Marcus Aurelius from Argos) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph