Co 886 (Early Roman assarion of Antoninus Pius from Corinth) [permalink]

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)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Historical building (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph