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- Co 1133 (Early Roman hemiassarion(?) of Antoninus Pius from Argos) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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161
- Not before (date)
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138
- 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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sim. BCDPeloponnesos 1190, p. 283 (same design but assarion)
- Comparanda
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sim. RPCVI.1 4630 (same design but assarion)
- Preservation comment
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Wear: F. Extensive, slight pitting and rare scratching.
- Axis (1-12)
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12
- Has denomination
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Hemiassarion
- Numismatic Authority
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Antoninus Pius (138-161)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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14.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Argos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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2.76
- Obverse Description
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Laureate head of emperor to right; within dotted line
- Obverse Inscription
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[ΑV]Τ Α[ΝΤⲰΝⲈ]-ΙΝΟⲤ ⲈVⲤ[ⲈΒΗⲤ]
- Reverse Description
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Turreted Hera seated left holding scepter in left arm and [pomegranate] in extended right hand; within dotted line
- Reverse Inscription
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ΑΡΓⲈ-ΙⲰ[Ν]
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Hera/Juno (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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