- Co 1315 (Early Roman assarion of Nero from Methymna) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 62
- Not before (date)
- 54
- Comment
- Mint of Methymna (Lesbus), issued under conventus of Adramyteum of Asia.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RPC I, 2341
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Extensive, minute and slight pitting and scratching. Faint, incipient white and light blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 25, no. 252 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Corinth under Roman Rule ... Uncertain“))
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Assarion
- Numismatic Authority
- Nero (54-68)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 19.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Methymna (Lesbos)
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.83
- Obverse Description
- Bare(?) head of youthful Nero to left
- Obverse Inscription
- [ΝⲈΡ]ΩΝ [ΚΛΑΥ ΚΑΙⲤΑΡ ⲤⲈΒ]; to left and right of head, ⟶ Μ[Α]-Θ[Υ]
- Reverse Description
- Jugate heads of Agrippina and Claudia Octavia to right
- Reverse Inscription
- ⟲ ↓ ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΑΓΡ[Ι]Π[ΠΙΝΑ ϹⲈ ΚΛΑΥ ΟΚΤ]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Agrippina Minor (empress, 49-54)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Claudia Octavia (empress, 54-62)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1315 (Early Roman assarion of Nero from Methymna).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1315>
