Co 847 (Middle Roman assarion of Julia Domna from Kaphyai with countermark) [permalink]

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”)

Contributor Notes

2010, 2011 (May-June): R. Weir studied and identified, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Contributor Notes

2023: JLR updated identification.

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 ⲤⲈ̣[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]Α̣Φ̣[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

Reverse Photograph