KC043 (Early Roman as of Nero from Smyrna) [ permalink ] Type
Inventoried Object
Is Part Of
Coin Finds
Not after (date)
69
Not before (date)
68
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
RPC I 2489
Comparanda
BMCIonia Smyrna 122, p. 248, pl. XXVI:2
Conservation
2009 (July): Cleaned mechanically (Phyllis Graham).
Contributor Notes
2024 (October): JLR reidentified coin from Weir2022 .
Preservation description
Wear: G. Extensive, moderate pitting to incipient cratering and rare, slight flaking on reverse; slightly to moderate nicked edge. Small patches of green bronze disease.
Published as
Weir2022 , pp. 1121, 1122, no. 787, fig. 23.2
Axis (1-12)
7
Has denomination
As
Numismatic Authority
Nero (54-68)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
22.0
Numismatic Issuer
Tiberius Hieronymos Sosandros (senator at Early Roman Smyrna)
Numismatic Mint
Smyrna
Numismatic Weight (g)
5.31
Obverse Description
Draped head of Senate to right
Obverse Inscription
[ΘⲈ]Ο̣Ν - ϹΥΝΚ̣[ΛΗΤΟΝ ΖΜΥΡ]
Reverse Description
Frontal view of hexastyle temple with tall gable and crepidoma
Reverse Inscription
[ⲈΠΙ ΤΙ ΙⲈΡΩΝΥ]Μ̣ΟΥ Ϲ̣Ω[ϹΑΝΔΡΟϹ]
Chronology comment
ca. 68/69 CE
Explanation of deposition
Represents Early Roman activity in Building B3?
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Historical Building (Visual Motif)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0905-026
Location in unit
Lowest (ninth) level of fill with mixed debris in well, west room B3-I, along with KC087.
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
