Co 850 (Early Roman assarion of Antoninus Pius for the deified Faustina from Delphi) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

161

Not before (date)

140

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

RPC IV.1 7853 (temporary)

Comparanda

Svoronos1896, p. 42, no. 75, pl. XXIX:4

Contributor Notes

2012 (late May-early June): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Contributor Notes

2024: JLR identified coin in consultation with Alan Walker.

Preservation description

Wear: G/P. Snapped edge; minute, extensive pitting and wide flaking on surfaces. Wide patches of pale green bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 696 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)

Axis (1-12)

12

Has denomination

Assarion

Numismatic Authority

Antoninus Pius (138-161)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

25.0

Numismatic Mint

Delphi

Numismatic Weight (g)

11.31

Obverse Description

[Draped] head of Faustina to right

Obverse Inscription

[ΘⲈΑ] ΦΑΥ-[ⲤΤ]Ⲉ̣[ΙΝΑ]

Reverse Description

Apollo seated to left on [rock], raising right hand to head and resting left arm on lyre (traces)

Reverse Inscription

⤿ Δ̣Ⲉ̣Λ̣-Φ̣Ω̣Ν̣

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Apollo (Visual Motif)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Faustina I (empress, 138-140)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph