- Co 1276 (Early Roman sestertius) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 69
- Not before (date)
- -27
- Comment
- RW: Tiberius? The diameter and portrait style do at least indicate a Julio-Claudian attribution, if not precisely Tiberian.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG/P. Extensive marginal chipping; extensive, slight pit and scattered large craters, with dense striations everywhere (cleaning damage?). Pockets of light bluish green bronze disease inside craters especially on obverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 56, no. 714 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Sestertius
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 27.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.7
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head of emperor to right (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- Traces of letters
- Reverse Description
- Draped full figure of female standing to left, holding [cornucopia?] in left arm and right arm extended
- Reverse Inscription
- In left and right fields, S – C
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1276 (Early Roman sestertius).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1276>
