- Co 853 (Early Roman as of Nero from Corinth) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Comment
- JLR: This is an unpublished variant of the common Corinthian issue by Ti. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto under Nero with the emperor bust right on the obverse (Amandry Da) but the emperor in the tetrastyle temple on the reverse (Amandry RIIb9).
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RPC I, 1208
- Comparanda
- sim. Amandry1988, p. 225, émission XXIII.24
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G/P. Slight to moderate, extensive pitting to gouging. Patches of incipient pale green bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 21, no. 186 (R. Hohlfelder misidentified as “L. Arrius Peregrinus and L. Furius Labeo”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 3
- Has denomination
- as
- Numismatic Weight (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Corinth
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 6.98
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- NERO – [C]AE[SAR]
- Reverse Description
- Façade of tetraastyle temple on two-stepped podium; between columns emperor stands turned to left, right hand extended holding patera; legend around and below; all within beaded border
- Reverse Inscription
- [P VE] FRON-TO[NE IIVIR]; in exergue, C[O]R; all within beaded border
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“Co 853 (Early Roman as of Nero from Corinth).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0853>
