Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 1030 (Late Republican as of Corinth)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-31
Not before (date)
-34
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Typological identification
RPC I, no. 1128
Comparanda
Co 401, Co 1044, Co 1271
Comparanda
Amandry1988
, pp. 108, 136-138, émission VIc
Comparanda
BMCCorinth
496, 497, p. 60, pl. XV:7
Description
Centering dimple on obverse.
Preservation comment
Wear: VF. Nicked edge; dense striations from vigorous mechanical cleaning. Wide, thin clouds of white to pale blue bronze disease in both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, p. 19, no. 164 (R. Hohlfelder)
Has denomination
As
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
23.0
Numismatic Issuer
C. Heius Pamphilus (Corinthian duovir, 34-31, 27/6 or 26/5, and 17/16 BCE)
Numismatic Issuer
Q. Caecilius Niger (Corinthian duovir, 34-31 BCE)
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
5.95
Obverse Description
Behind head, CO[RI]NT
Obverse Inscription
Head of smiling Aphrodite to right, hair tied back with taenia and falling loosely behind, wearing necklace; within dotted border (traces)
Reverse Description
Bellerophon on Pegasos flying to right, spearing Chimaera to lower right
Reverse Inscription
Q. CAECIL. NIG[R] | C. HEIO PAM; in exergue, [I]IV[IR]
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 1030 (Late Republican as of Corinth).” In
Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1030>