Co 472 (Middle Republican as from Rome) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-158
Not before (date)
-169
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BMCRR1 811-816, pp. 107-108
Comparanda
GheyLeinsCrawford2010 174.1.5
Comparanda
RRC 174/1, p. 230, pl. XXVIII
Preservation comment
Wear: aG. Slight chipped edge with contiguous deep marginal cracking; extensive, slight pitting and rare scratching. Small areas of white, pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 29, no. 293 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Roman Republican ... Second Century B.C., As“)
Axis (1-12)
2
Has denomination
As
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
33.0
Numismatic Issuer Comment
Aulus Caecilius
Numismatic Mint
Rome
Numismatic Weight (g)
20.79
Obverse Description
Laureate head of Janus
Obverse Inscription
Above head, I (traces)
Reverse Description
Ship‘s prow to right
Reverse Inscription
Above prow, [A] CÆ; to right, I; below, ROMA
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Republican (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Maritime Activities
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph