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
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“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>