Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 465 (Late Republican as of Corinth)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): -31
Not before (date): -34
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Typological identification: RPC I 1127
Comparanda: Amandry1988, pp. 133-136, émission VIa-b
Comparanda: BMCCorinth 498-499, p. 60, pl. XV:8
Contributor Notes: 2012 (December 4): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2024: JLR identified coin.
Preservation description: Wear: P. Somewhat sparse, moderate pitting to cratering. Incipient pale green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 678 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
Axis (1-12): 2
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 21.0
Numismatic Issuer: C. Heius Pamphilus (Corinthian duovir, 34-31, 27/6 or 26/5, and 17/16 BCE)
Numismatic Issuer: Q. Caecilius Niger (Corinthian duovir, 34-31 BCE)
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 5.47
Obverse Description: Head of [smiling] Aphrodite to right, [hair tied with taenia and falling freely behind]
Obverse Inscription: Behind head, C̣[ORINT]
Reverse Description: Pegasos prancing to right
Reverse Inscription: [Q • CAE]C̣ỊḶ [• NIGR | IIVIR] | C̣ [• HEIO PAM]
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Aphrodite/Venus (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Pegasos (Visual Motif)
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