Co 1015 (Early Roman assarion of Tiberius from Mytilene) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph