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- Co 1038 (Early Roman as of Nero from Corinth) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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59
- Not before (date)
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57
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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RPC I, 1202
- Comparanda
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Amandry1988, pp. 213-215, émission XXI.23-28
- Description
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Small centering dimple on reverse.
- Preservation comment
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Wear: F. Slight pitting and minor nicks. Thin patches of powdery, pale blue bronze disease.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 22, no. 202 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
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9
- Has denomination
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As
- Numismatic Authority
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Nero (54-68)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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20.0
- Numismatic Issuer
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Ti. Claudius Optatus (Corinthian duovir, 57-58 or 58-59)
- Numismatic Mint
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Corinth
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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6.27
- Obverse Description
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Bare head of emperor to left; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
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NERO CLAV | CAES AVG
- Reverse Description
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Word within parsley wreath; name of duovir surrounding and mintmark below; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
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Within wreath, ISTH|MIA; around wreath, TI CLAV[DI]O OPTATO [IIVIR]; in exergue, CO[R]
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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