Co 1276 (Early Roman sestertius) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
69
Not before (date)
-27
Comment
RW: Tiberius? The diameter and portrait style do at least indicate a Julio-Claudian attribution, if not precisely Tiberian.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Contributor Notes
2017 (May 30): R. Weir studied coin, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2024: JLR refined description.
Preservation description
Wear: aG/P. Extensive marginal chipping; extensive, slight pit and scattered large craters, with dense striations everywhere (cleaning damage?). Pockets of light bluish green bronze disease inside craters especially on obverse.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 56, no. 714 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
Sestertius
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
27.0
Numismatic Weight (g)
4.7
Obverse Description
Laureate head of emperor to right (traces)
Obverse Inscription
Traces of letters
Reverse Description
Draped full figure of female standing to left, holding [cornucopia?] in left arm and right arm extended
Reverse Inscription
In left and right fields, S – C
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph