Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 905 (Early Roman as of Agrippina from Corinth)

: Co 905 (Early Roman as of Agrippina from Corinth) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 54
Not before (date): 54
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RPC I, 1196
Comparanda: Amandry1988, pp. 108, 206-207, émission XX.62
Contributor Notes: 2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2023: JLR enhanced identification.
Preservation description: Wear: VF/F. Very sparsely chipped edge; extensive, minute pitting. Small patches of white and pale blue bronze corrosion.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 22, no. 198 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Authority: Agrippina Minor (empress, 49-54)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 23.0
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 8.0
Obverse Description: Bust of Agrippina to right; within dotted border (traces)
Obverse Inscription: AGRIPPINA – AVGVSTA
Reverse Description: Sol driving quadriga to right
Reverse Inscription: Q̣ [F]ṾḶ – [F]ḶẠ[CCO] IIV(IR) | CO[R]
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Helios/Sol (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Horse or Donkey (Visual Motif)
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