- Co 1256 (Late Republican semis of Corinth with countermark) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -41
- Not before (date)
- -42
- Comment
- Coin dated 42 or 41 BC
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RPC I, 1119
- Comparanda
- Amandry1988, pp. 126-127, émission IIIb
- Comparanda
- BMCCorinth 526–528, p. 64, pl. XVI:6
- Comparanda
- CorinthVI, p. 16, no. 19, pl. I (K. M. Edwards)
- Description
- Undersized flan for type.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P/G. Slightly chipped edge and one larger chip at obverse axis 4; extensive, slight pitting and moderate surficial cracking, with rare flaking. Incipient pale green bronze disease across both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 25, no. 261 (R. Hohldfelder identified as “Corinth under Roman Rule … Anonymous Issues … Illegible/Chimaera, r. (?)”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Semis
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 11.0
- Numismatic Issuer
- L. Cassius (Corinth duovir, 42 or 41 BCE)
- Numismatic Issuer
- M. Insteius Tectus (Corinthian duovir, 42 or 41 BCE)
- Numismatic Mint
- Corinth
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.45
- Obverse Description
- Countermark over neck in shallow incuse oval (3.5 mm): S
- Obverse Description
- Victory advancing to right, raised wings and right hand holding palm branch at side in left hand
- Obverse Inscription
- CO-RIN[T]; in right field, [Q]
- Reverse Description
- Chimaera crouching to left on groundline, within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- Above and below figure, [INST L] CA[S] | IIV[IR]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Republican (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1256 (Late Republican semis of Corinth with countermark).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1256>
