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