- Co 1292 (Early Roman assarion of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus from Argos) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 169
- Not before (date)
- 161
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Cited by
- Walker1980, p. 219 (rev. KenchreaiIII identified as Argos)
- Comparanda
- RPC IV.1, temp 5260
- Description
- Obverse struck slightly left off flan.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G+. Large chips in edge and associated cracking; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and scratching.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 25, no. 250 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Corinth under Roman Rule ... Uncertain“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 3
- Has denomination
- Assarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Lucius Verus (161-169)
- Numismatic Authority
- Marcus Aurelius (161-180)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 21.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Argos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.31
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head of Verus to right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- [Α]Ρ[Γ]Ⲉ-[ΙⲰ]Ν
- Reverse Description
- Statue of Athena (the Palladium) standing to right, brandishing spear in upraised right hand and holding round shield on left arm
- Reverse Inscription
- [ΟΥΗΡΟ]Ⲥ - [ΑΥΓΟΥⲤΤΟⲤ?] (traces)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1292 (Early Roman assarion of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus from Argos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1292>
