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
Description
Unusual blobs of metal cover the left and right fields: damaged die?
Preservation comment
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