Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1281 (Early Roman as of Antoninus Pius from Rome)

: Co 1281 (Early Roman as of Antoninus Pius from Rome) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 139
Not before (date): 139
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: RIC III Antoninus Pius: Rome 569a, p. 103
Contributor Notes: 2017 (May 30): R. Weir studied coin, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2024: JLR identified and described coin.
Preservation description: Wear: G/P. Nicked edge with slight to moderate marginal cracking; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and somewhat sparse scratching.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 56, no. 715 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: As
Numismatic Authority: Antoninus Pius (138-161)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 23.5
Numismatic Mint: Rome
Numismatic Weight (g): 7.64
Obverse Description: Laureate head of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
Obverse Inscription: [ANT]Ọ[NI]ṆVS - AVG [PIVS P P]
Reverse Description: Pax standing to left, carrying cornucopia in left arm and branch in extended right hand
Reverse Inscription: [TR – P]ỌṬ – [CO]Ṣ II ; in left and right fields, S – C; mintmark does not survive
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Eirene/Pax (Visual Motif)
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