- Co 802 (Middle Roman diassarion of Septimius Severus from Argos) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 208
- Not before (date)
- 198
- Comment
- Coin dated ca. 198-208 by B. Demetriadis and A. Walker (BCDPeloponnesos, p. 188)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BCDPeloponnesos 1212.1, pp. 288-289
- Comparanda
- NemeaIII 1819, p. 159, pl. 22 (R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)
- Description
- Flan is unusually wide.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P. Both sides effaced, with chipped edge and cratering on obverse. Patches of pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 692 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 7
- Has denomination
- Diassarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Septimius Severus (193-211)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 24.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Argos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 5.01
- Obverse Description
- Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right [within dotted border]
- Obverse Inscription
- [ΑV ΚΑΙ ⲤⲈ-Π] ⲤⲈΒ[ΗΡΟⲤ]
- Reverse Description
- Helmeted and cuirassed Ares standing to left in counterpoise with left hand bent onto hip and right hand outstretched; within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- [Α]ΡΓ-ⲈΙ[ⲰΝ]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Ares/Mars (Visual Motif)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“Co 802 (Middle Roman diassarion of Septimius Severus from Argos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0802>
