Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1266 (Late Republican as of Julius Caesar from Corinth with countermarks)

: Co 1266 (Late Republican as of Julius Caesar from Corinth with countermarks) [permalink]
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
Reverse Photograph