- Co 853 (Early Roman as of Nero from Corinth) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 68
- Not before (date)
- 67
- Comment
- Coin dated AD 67/8
- 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- JLR: This is an unpublished variant of the common Corinthian issue by Ti.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 Authority
- Nero (54-68)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Issuer
- P. Ventidius Fronto (Corinthian duovir, 66-67)
- 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, holding patera in extended right hand; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- [P VE] FRON-TO[NE IIVIR]; in exergue, C[O]R
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Historical building (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse 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, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0853>
