Co 1271 (Late Republican as of Corinth) [ permalink ] [ show fewer links ] Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-31
Not before (date)
-34
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Typological identification
RPC I, no. 1128
Comparanda
Co 401, Co 1030, Co 1044
Comparanda
Amandry1988 , pp. 130, 136-138, émission VIc
Comparanda
BMCCorinth 496, 497, p. 60, pl. XV:7
Description
Reverse struck partly off top of flan.
Preservation comment
Wear: P/aG. Extensive, minute pitting and rare pitting. Attrition around edges and faces has reduced diameter and weight. Wide areas of thin, white and pale green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII , p. 105 (R. Hohlfelder in Appendix 3 identified as “Tessera?“)
Axis (1-12)
9
Has denomination
As
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
20.0
Numismatic Issuer
C. Heius Pamphilus (Corinthian duovir, 34-31, 27/6 or 26/5, 17/16 BCE)
Numismatic Issuer
Q. Caecilius Niger (Corinthian duovir, 34-31 BC)
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
4.83
Obverse Description
Head of smiling Aphrodite to right, hair tied back with taenia and falling loosely behind
Obverse Inscription
Behind head, COR[INTH]
Reverse Description
Bellerophon riding Pegasos to right, spearing Chimaera to lower right (traces)
Reverse Inscription
[Q C]AEC[IL NIGR] | C HE[IO PAM] | [II]VIR
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
