- Co 1015 (Early Roman assarion of Tiberius from Mytilene) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Cited by
- Walker1980, p. 219 (rev. KenchreaiIII identified as Augustus, Thessalonica)
- Comparanda
- RPC I, 2345
- Description
- Issue of Lesbos under Conventus of Pergamon.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG. Irregular attrition around edges has reduced diameter; extensive, slight to moderate pitting. Small areas of pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 25, no. 245 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Greek: Corinth under Roman Rule… Uncertain … (early Julio-Claudian)”
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Assarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Tiberius (14-37)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 21.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Mytilene
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.31
- Obverse Inscription
- Laureate head of Tiberius to right
- Obverse Inscription
- ΤΙ [• ΘⲈΟ]Ⲥ [ⲤⲈΒΑϹ]ΤΟⲤ; to left and right of head, Μ-Υ|[Τ-Ι]
- Reverse Description
- Draped bust of Livia to right with hair rolled and bun on neck
- Reverse Inscription
- ↑ ΙΟΥ ΘⲈΑ | [Ⲥ]ⲈΒ[ΑⲤ]ΤΗ; to left and right of head, Μ-Υ|Τ-[Ι]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Livia Drusilla (empress, 27 BCE-14 CE; Imperial mother, 14-29)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1015 (Early Roman assarion of Tiberius from Mytilene).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1015>
