Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 420 (Early Roman assarion of Marcus Aurelius from Argos)

: Co 420 (Early Roman assarion of Marcus Aurelius from Argos) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Is Part Of: Coin Finds
Not after (date): 180
Not before (date): 161
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: RPC IV.1 9659 (temporary)
Comparanda: BCDPeloponnesos 1193.2, p. 294
Contributor Notes: 2011 (late May): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2024: JLR identified coin.
Preservation description: Wear: P. Roughly 5% snapped off from obverse right; extensive, slight to moderate pitting. Incipient pale blue bronze disease.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 676 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
Has denomination: Assarion
Numismatic Authority: Marcus Aurelius (161-180)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 21.0
Numismatic Mint: Argos
Numismatic Weight (g): 6.01
Obverse Description: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
Obverse Inscription: Α̣Ν̣Τ̣Ⲱ̣Ν̣Ι̣Ν̣[OⲤ] - Α̣ṾΓ̣[ΟVⲤ]Τ̣Ο̣Ⲥ̣
Reverse Description: Hera sitting on high-backed throne to left, holding patera in outstretched right hand and long sceptre in raised left hand; within dotted border
Reverse Inscription: Α[Ρ]Γ̣Ⲉ̣-Ι̣Ⲱ[Ν]
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Hera/Juno (Visual Motif)
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