KC055 (Middle-Late Roman bronze coin) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Conservation

2008 (July): Bronze corrosion was cleaned mechanically with microairabrasive unit. After cleaning, immersed in solution of Incralac 5% diluted in Toluene for surface protection (Nikol Anastasatou).

Preservation description

Wear: P. Extensive, moderate pitting; deep nick in edge at obverse axis 3; extensive, severe bronze disease in thick accretions.

Published as

Weir2022, p. 1136, no. 833, fig. 23.11

Has denomination

AE3

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

19.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.36

Obverse Description

Nothing visible

Reverse Description

Wreath around vota inscription?

Explanation of deposition

Probably left by graverobbers inside cist or displaced there by them.

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus T07-037

Location in unit

Fill inside west cist of Loculus 7-IV.

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph