Co 1256 (Late Republican semis of Corinth with countermark) [ permalink ] [ show fewer 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
Reverse Photograph
