Co 465 (Late Republican as of Corinth) [permalink] [show more 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. 1127
Comparanda
Amandry1988, pp. 133-136, émission VIa-b
Comparanda
BMCCorinth 498-499, p. 60, pl. XV:8
Preservation comment
Wear: P. Somewhat sparse, moderate pitting to cratering. Incipient pale green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 678 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
Axis (1-12)
2
Has denomination
As
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
21.0
Numismatic Issuer
C. Heius Pamphilus (Corinthian duovir, 34-31, 27/6 or 26/5, and 17/16 BCE)
Numismatic Issuer
Q. Caecilius Niger (Corinthian duovir, 34-31 BCE)
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
5.47
Obverse Description
Head of [smiling] Aphrodite to right, [hair tied with taenia and falling freely behind]
Obverse Inscription
Behind head, C[ORIṈṮ]
Reverse Description
Pegasos prancing to right
Reverse Inscription
[Q•CAE]CIL[•NIGR | IIVIR] | C[•HEIO PAM]
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
Suggested citation
“Co 465 (Late Republican as of Corinth).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0465>