Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1038 (Early Roman as of Nero from Corinth)

: Co 1038 (Early Roman as of Nero from Corinth) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 59
Not before (date): 57
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RPC I, 1202
Comparanda: Amandry1988, pp. 213-215, émission XXI.23-28
Contributor Notes: 2010 (May-June): R. Weir studied and identified, with reference to [KenchreaiIII.]
Description: Small centering dimple on reverse.
Preservation description: Wear: F. Slight pitting and minor nicks. Thin patches of powdery, pale blue bronze disease.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 22, no. 202 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 9
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Authority: Nero (54-68)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 20.0
Numismatic Issuer: Ti. Claudius Optatus (Corinthian duovir, 57-58 or 58-59)
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 6.27
Obverse Description: Bare head of emperor to left; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription: [N]ẸRO CLẠṾḌ | CAES AVG (the following in ligatura: AVD(?), AE, AV)
Reverse Description: Word within parsley wreath; name of duovir and city surrounding; within dotted border
Reverse Inscription: Within wreath, ISTH|MIA; around wreath, TI CLAV[D]IO OPTATO [IIVI]Ṛ (AV in ligature); in exergue, C̣Ọ[R]
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
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