Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 257 (Early Roman as of Caligula from Corinth)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 38
Not before (date): 37
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RPC I, 1173a
Comparanda: Amandry1988, pp. 186-189, émission XVII.40
Comparanda: BMCCorinth, 535-539, p. 65, pl. XVI:10
Contributor Notes: 2015 (June 17): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2023: JLR identified coin.
Preservation description: Wear: P/F. Extensive, slight pitting and sparse flaking. Incipient pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 24, no. 235 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Imperial, Corinth: Uncertain”)
Axis (1-12): 12
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Authority: Gaius, called Caligula (37-41)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 21.0
Numismatic Issuer: M. Bellius Proculus (Corinthian duovir, 37-38)
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 5.6
Obverse Description: Bare head of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription: [C C]ẠẸṢẠṚ – [A]ṾG̣
Reverse Description: Pegasos flying to right
Reverse Inscription: Ṃ – ḄẸ[LL]ỊỌ P̣ṚỌ[C]Ṿ[LO IIVI]Ṛ ; below right, COṚ
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Pegasos (Visual Motif)
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