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- Co 561 (Middle Roman diassarion of Septimius Severus from Megara) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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211
- Not before (date)
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193
- Comment
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This coin is extremely rare.
- Logical part of
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Area E (north side of harbor)
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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BCDPeloponnesos 53, pp. 52-53
- Contributor Notes
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2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
- Contributor Notes
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2024: JLR revised identification.
- Label or tag text
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Upper Trench, West end
- Preservation description
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Wear: aEF/VF+. Large chip in obverse left edge; large patch of flaking and bronze disease on reverse.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 26, no. 270, pl. I (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
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10
- Has denomination
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Diassarion
- Numismatic Authority
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Septimius Severus (193-211)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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23.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Megara
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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6.21
- Obverse Description
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Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
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[ΑΥΤ Κ] ΛΟΥ - [ⲤⲈΠ?] ⲤⲈΟVΗΡ̣Ο̣Ⲥ
- Reverse Description
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Artemis striding right, holding [one torch each] in right and left hands
- Reverse Inscription
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ΜⲈΓ̣Α–[Ρ]ⲈⲰΝ
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Artemis/Diana (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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