- Co 1096 (Middle Roman assarion of Julia Domna from Corinth with countermark) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 217
- Not before (date)
- 193
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BCDCorinth 905, p. 130 (same countermark?)
- Description
- Countermark: laureate bust (Howgego1985, no. 147) occurs not uncommonly on issues of Julia Domna (and other Severans) from Corinth.
- Label or tag text
- 0.20 m above bedrock
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF. Large snapped off piece removes ca. 20% of coin; sparse, minute pitting. Incipient bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 24, no. 228 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 7
- Has denomination
- Assarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Julia Domna (empress, 193-217)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 24.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Corinth
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.85
- Obverse Description
- Countermark behind neck in deep incuse oval (5 mm): laureate head right
- Obverse Description
- Draped bust of empress to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [ΙVLIA] DOMN-A AVG
- Reverse Description
- Bellerophon riding Pegasos to right, spearing Chimaera to lower right; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- [C L] I C-OR
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1096 (Middle Roman assarion of Julia Domna from Corinth with countermark).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1096>
