- Co 1266 (Late Republican as of Julius Caesar from Corinth with countermarks) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -43
- Not before (date)
- -44
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Co 273
- Comparanda
- Countermarks: MacDowall1962; Amandry1988, pp. 30-32, 120-122
- Comparanda
- RPC I, 1116
- Comparanda
- Amandry1988, pp. 108, 120-122, émission Ia (same countermarks)
- Comparanda
- BMCCorinth 485-489, p. 58, pl. XV:2
- Comparanda
- CorinthVI 16, p. 16, pl. I (K. M. Edwards)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G/aF. Moderately chipped edge; slight, extensive pitting and rare cratering; flaking around edges. Patches of thin, white and pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 19, no. 155 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 9
- Has denomination
- As
- Numismatic Authority
- C. Julius Caesar (dictator 49-44)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 23.0
- Numismatic Issuer
- C. Julius (Corinthian duovir, 44/43 BCE)
- Numismatic Issuer
- L. Aeficius Certus (Corinthian duovir, 44/43 BCE)
- Numismatic Mint
- Corinth
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 6.8
- Obverse Description
- Countermarks: (1) below, shallow incuse oval (5.5 mm): open hand; 2) to lower right, shallow incuse square (5 mm): monogram=PV(blius?)
- Obverse Description
- Laureate(?) head of Julius Caesar to right
- Obverse Inscription
- Behind head, right to left, ↓ [LAVS · IVLI] | COR[INTH]
- Reverse Description
- Bellerophon on Pegasos flying to right, striking with spear
- Reverse Inscription
- [L CER]TO [AEFICIO | C] IVLIO IIV[IR]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Republican (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Mythological Person (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Pegasos (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1266 (Late Republican as of Julius Caesar from Corinth with countermarks).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1266>
