Co 848 (Early Roman bronze coin) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Comment

JLR notes: deity enthroned right, perhaps altar at feet left; traces of letters attentuated by weathering: Α[Ρ]Γ-[ⲈΙ]Ⲱ[Ν]; bust could be Hadrian or Antonine

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 694 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)

Axis (1-12)

5

Obverse Description

Beardless(?) male head to right; lightly impressed countermark behind.

Reverse Description

Bust to right within heavy, linear border (off-centre to left).

Diameter

22.0

Weight (kg)

5.97

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph