Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1252 (Early Roman bronze coin of Tiberius in the name of Germanicus from Tanagra)

: Co 1252 (Early Roman bronze coin of Tiberius in the name of Germanicus from Tanagra) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 19
Not before (date): 14
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Cited by: Walker1980, p. 219 (rev. KenchreaiIII)
Comparanda: RPC I, 1318
Comparanda: BMCCentralGreece Boeotia: Tanagra 57, 58, p. 65
Contributor Notes: 2012 (late November): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2022: JLR identified coin after consultation with Alan Walker.
Description: Unusual blobs of metal cover the left and right fields: damaged die?
Preservation description: Wear: G. Nicked edge; somewhat extensive, minute pitting and rare gouging; large crack on reverse bottom. Patches of incipient white and pale green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 56, no. 712 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial”)
Axis (1-12): 12
Numismatic Authority: Tiberius (14-37)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 15.0
Numismatic Weight (g): 3.32
Obverse Description: Bare head of Germanicus to right; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription: [ΓⲈ]ΡΜ-[Α]ΝΙ[ΚΟⲤ]
Reverse Description: Apollo standing facing with outstretched hands, holding laurel branch and bow (traces)
Reverse Inscription: [Τ-Α|Ν]-Α
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Apollo (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Germanicus (d. 19 CE)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph