- Co 1143 (Middle Roman assarion of Elagabalus from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 222
- Not before (date)
- 218
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- cf. VarbanovIII 4440, p. 196
- Comparanda
- sim. Touratsoglou1988, p. 227, no. 23
- Description
- Centering dimple on obverse.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. One crack (obverse axis 10); minor pitting and scratching. Fine patina.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 27, no. 277 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Gordian III, uncertain”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 7
- Has denomination
- Assarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Elagabalus (218-222)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 24.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 8.86
- Obverse Description
- Laureate and draped bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- ΑV Κ Μ ΑΝΤ[Ω]ΝΙΝΟⲤ
- Reverse Description
- Kabeiros facing, looking left, hammer in left hand, right arm extended with rhyton; below two altars or anvils?; within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- [Θ]ⲈⲤⲤΑΛ-ΟΝΙΚⲈΩΝ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Deity (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1143 (Middle Roman assarion of Elagabalus from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1143>
