Co 1315 (Early Roman assarion of Nero from Methymna) [permalink] [show fewer 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