Corinth Coin: 1979 75
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1979 75
Title:   Roman Imperial Copper/Bronze Sestertius of Maximinus I, Rome Mint (AD 236 - AD 238)
Year:   1979
Coin Number:   75
Period:   Roman Imperial
Material:   AE
Denomination:   sestertius
Mint:   Rome
Authority:   Maximinus I
Obverse Legend:   MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM
Obverse Type:   Emperor bust r., laureate, draped
Reverse Legend:   P[A]X - AVGVS[TI], S-C in field
Reverse Type:   Pax standing l., holding branch in r.and transverse scepter in l.; S-C in field to either side
Axis Clock:   12
Weight Description:   19.945
Weight:   19.945
Diameter:   28.5
Chronology:   AD 236 - AD 238
Context:   NB709 B4 P16
    NB709 B1 P11
Findspot Description:   Agora Southwest; 65E-66E; Surface Cleaning;
Elevation 81.037 - 80.727
Excavation Date: 4/25/1979
Notebook 709, p. 11
Basket 1, NB709 B4 P16
NB709 B1 P11, .
Area:   Forum southwest
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Better example: 1998-198, on a spread flan
Reference:   BMC VI, p. 235, #149-152; RIC IV, ii, p. 146, #81 (Jan. AD 236 - Mar/Apr 238)
Published:   Hesperia 1986, p. 196, #156
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Zervos, Hesperia 55:2, 1986
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