Co 469 (Middle Roman diassarion of Caracalla from Argos) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

217

Not before (date)

198

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

AgoraXXVI 787, p. 242, pl. 28 (die duplicate?)

Comparanda

BCDPeloponnesos 1216, 1218.2, pp. 290-291 (reverse die duplicate?)

Comparanda

ImhoofBlumerGardner1964, pl. XXXVII (reverse type also used with obverses of Septimius Severus)

Preservation comment

Wear: flatstruck VF+/F+. Chipping and one snapped segment around edge. Slight pitting and scraping across faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 27, no. 275 (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

7

Has denomination

Diassarion

Numismatic Authority

Caracalla (211-217)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

25.0

Numismatic Mint

Argos

Numismatic Weight (g)

7.17

Obverse Description

Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border

Obverse Inscription

ΑV ΚΑΙⲤΑ Ⲥ Μ Α-ΝΤⲰΝⲈΙΝ[ΟⲤ]

Reverse Description

Leto standing facing, head to left, raising right arm and holding left arm over small figure of Chloris standing left; within dotted border

Reverse Inscription

ΑΡΓ[Ⲉ]-ΙⲰΝ

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph