Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 1309 (Early Roman assarion of Claudius and Agrippina from Ephesus)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
50
Not before (date)
49
Comment
Coin dated ca. AD 49/50
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RPC I, 2624
Comparanda
BMCIonia
Ephesus 205, p. 73, pl. XIII:3
Preservation comment
Wear: P. Extensive attrition and pitting so that relief is thinned out. Specks of pale blue bronze disease.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, p. 25, no. 254 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Corinth under Roman Rule ... Uncertain“)
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
Assarion
Numismatic Authority
Claudius (41-54)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
20.0
Numismatic Mint
Ephesus
Numismatic Weight (g)
5.59
Obverse Description
Jugate laureate head of Claudius and draped bust of Agrippina Minor to right; within dotted border
Reverse Description
Stag with thin body standing right surrounded by name of magistrate and mint; all within dotted border
Reverse Inscription
ΚΟΥΣΙ|ΝΙΟΣ | ↑ΤΟ - Δ‘ | ΕΦΕ
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Agrippina Minor (empress, 49-54)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Deer (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 1309 (Early Roman assarion of Claudius and Agrippina from Ephesus).” In
Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1309>