- Co 847 (Middle Roman assarion of Julia Domna from Kaphyai with countermark) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 211
- Not before (date)
- 193
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Countermark: sim. Howgego1985, p. 115, no. 56, pl. 3 (several Severan issues from Peloponnesian cities including Corinth)
- Comparanda
- BCDPeloponnesos 1389, p. 333 (“very rare”)
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 32, no. 316 (R. Hohlfelder misnumbered this coin in catalog)
- Axis (1-12)
- 4
- Has denomination
- Assarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Julia Domna (empress, 193-217)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 23.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Kaphyai
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.51
- Obverse Description
- Countermark behind head in deep incuse oval (5.5 mm), channel to edge: male laureate head to right
- Obverse Description
- Draped bust of empress to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [ΙΟVΛΙΑ Δ]-ΟΜΝΑ ⲤⲈ[Β]
- Reverse Description
- Tyche standing to left holding cornucopia in left arm, right arm extended holding [patera?]; in lower left field, traces of [altar]; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- [Κ]ΑΦ[VΙ]|ΑΤΩΝ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Tyche/Fortuna (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 847 (Middle Roman assarion of Julia Domna from Kaphyai with countermark).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0847>
