- Co 1231 (Late Republican denarius from Rome) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -87
- Not before (date)
- -87
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RRC 348/1, p. 362, pl. XLV
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG/G. Slightly nicked edge and extensive pitting.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 29, no. 294 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 8
- Has denomination
- Denarius
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 17.0
- Numismatic Issuer
- L. Rubrius Dossenus (moneyer, 87 BCE)
- Numismatic Mint
- Rome
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.95
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head of Jupiter to right with a scepter over far shoulder
- Obverse Inscription
- Below figure to left, DOSSEN
- Reverse Description
- Four horses stepping to right and pulling an empty chariot adorned with a thunderbolt
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, L. RVBR[I]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Republican (Historical Period)
- Material
- Silver (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Horse or Donkey (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1231 (Late Republican denarius from Rome).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1231>
