Co 561 (Middle Roman diassarion of Septimius Severus from Methana) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

208

Not before (date)

198

Logical part of

Area E (north side of harbor)

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

sim. BCDPeloponnesos 1332.1, p. 316 (obverse, same; reverse, Artemis to left)

Comparanda

sim. BMCPeloponnesus Methana 3, p. 163, pl. XXX:12 (Artemis drawing arrow from quiver)

Label or tag text

Upper Trench, West end

Preservation comment

Wear: aEF/VF+. Large chip in obverse left edge; large patch of flaking and bronze disease on reverse.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 26, no. 270, pl. I (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

2

Has denomination

Diassarion

Numismatic Authority

Septimius Severus (193-211)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

23.0

Numismatic Mint

Methana

Numismatic Weight (g)

6.21

Obverse Description

Laureate bust of emperor to right

Obverse Inscription

Λ ⲤⲈΠ[ΤΙΜ]ΙΟⲤ - ⲤⲈΟVΗΡΟⲤ

Reverse Description

Artemis striding right holding bow in upraised right arm, [torch?] in left

Reverse Inscription

ΜⲈΘΑ–[Ν]ⲈⲰΝ

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Artemis/Diana (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph