Co 853 (Early Roman as of Nero from Corinth) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
68
Not before (date)
67
Comment
Coin dated AD 67/8
Comment
JLR: This is an unpublished variant of the common Corinthian issue by Ti. Claudius Anaxilaus and P. Ventidius Fronto under Nero with the emperor bust right on the obverse (Amandry Da) but the emperor in the tetrastyle temple on the reverse (Amandry RIIb9).
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RPC I, 1208
Comparanda
sim. Amandry1988, p. 225, émission XXIII.24
Preservation comment
Wear: G/P. Slight to moderate, extensive pitting to gouging. Patches of incipient pale green bronze disease.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 21, no. 186 (R. Hohlfelder misidentified as “L. Arrius Peregrinus and L. Furius Labeo”)
Axis (1-12)
3
Has denomination
As
Numismatic Authority
Nero (54-68)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
20.0
Numismatic Issuer
P. Ventidius Fronto (Corinthian duovir, 66-67)
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
6.98
Obverse Description
Laureate head of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription
NERO – [C]AE[SAR]
Reverse Description
Façade of tetraastyle temple on two-stepped podium; between columns emperor stands turned to left, holding patera in extended right hand; within dotted border
Reverse Inscription
[P VE] FRON-TO[NE IIVIR]; in exergue, C[O]R
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Historical building (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph