Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1082 (Early Roman as of Galba from Corinth)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 69
Not before (date): 68
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RPC I, 1215
Comparanda: Amandry1988, pp. 108, 232-234, émission XXIV
Contributor Notes: 2014 (June 14): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2024: JLR identified and described coin.
Description: Centering dimple on reverse.
Preservation description: Wear: G/aG. Extensive, slight pitting and rare fissuring.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 22, no. 211 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Corinth under Roman rule ... L. Caninius Agrippa“)
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Authority: Galba (68-69)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 19.0
Numismatic Issuer: L. Caninius Agrippa (Corinthian duovir, 68-69)
Numismatic Mint: Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g): 6.6
Obverse Description: Bare-headed and draped bust of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription: [S]ṾḶ•GAL[VAE] - CAE [AVG IMP]
Reverse Description: Victoria to left, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and palm in left arm; all within dotted border
Reverse Inscription: Ḷ C̣[AN] ẠG̣ṚỊ[P-PA-E IIVI] ; to left and right, C̣Ọ-Ṛ
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Nike/Victoria (Visual Motif)
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