Co 1292 (Early Roman assarion of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus from Argos) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph