- Co 886 (Early Roman assarion of Antoninus Pius from Corinth) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 161
- Not before (date)
- 138
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IV, temp. 5100
- Published as
- Wear: VG. Slight marginal nicking with contiguous cracking; extensive, slight pitting and scratching. Wide areas of white bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 25, no. 242 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Corinth under Roman Rule ... Uncertain (... rev. tetrastyle temple with statue within“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 10
- Has denomination
- Assarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Antoninus Pius (138-161)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 21.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Corinth
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 5.93
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [AN]TO[NINVS – AVG PI]VS
- Reverse Description
- Façade of tetrastyle temple; in pediment, inverted crescent; between central columns, Aphrodite standing to left holding shield of Ares in extended arms as mirror; within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- C L I – [C]O[R]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Ares/Mars (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 886 (Early Roman assarion of Antoninus Pius 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/co0886>
