Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 5 (Early Roman assarion of Trajan from Corinth)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 114
Not before (date): 112
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Typological identification: RPC III 111
Comparanda: BCDCorinth 576, p. 80
Comparanda: BMCCorinth 588, p. 73, pl. XIX:7
Comparanda: CorinthVI 109, p. 28, pl. III (K. M. Edwards)
Contributor Notes: 2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2023: JLR edited and updated identification.
Preservation description: Wear: flatstruck VF. Edge in good condition. Slight, extensive pitting on both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 23, no. 218 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: Assarion
Numismatic Authority: Trajan (98-117)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 22.0
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 7.13
Obverse Description: Laureate bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription: ỊṂP̣ ṬṚAIANỌ ẠṾG̣ G̣ẸṚ ḌẠC̣ P̣ Ṃ TR P COṢ [VI P P]
Reverse Description: Poseidon seated to left on backless throne with footstool holds scepter in left arm, dolphin in extended right arm; within dotted border
Reverse Inscription: COL IVL - [LAV] COR
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Dolphin (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Poseidon/Neptune (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph