Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1983 177 | |
Title: | Roman Imperial Copper/Bronze Sestertius of Septimius Severus, Rome Mint (AD 196) | |
Year: | 1983 | |
Coin Number: | 177 | |
Period: | Roman Imperial | |
Material: | AE | |
Denomination: | sestertius | |
Mint: | Rome | |
Authority: | Septimius Severus | |
Obverse Legend: | L SEPT SEV PE-RT AVG IMP VI[I] | |
Obverse Type: | Bust r., laureate, draped, wearing cuirass | |
Reverse Legend: | [P M T]R P IIII - COS II P P; S-C | |
Reverse Type: | Mars standing r., holding spear in r. and resting l. on oval shield; to l., cuirass | |
Axis Clock: | 12 | |
Diameter: | 28 x 31 | |
Chronology: | AD 196 | |
Context: | NB756 B66 P112 | |
Findspot Description: | East of Theater; 95:AU; Destruction debris below the main layer of tiles Excavation Date: 5/27/1983 Notebook 756, p. 112 Basket 66, NB756 B66 P112, . | |
Area: | East of Theater | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Negative 83-48-14A/15A Not in Agora II or Corinth VI | |
Reference: | BMC V, p. 144, #584; RIC IV, I, p. 188, #708 (AD 195-196); Williams and Zervos 1984, no. 40, p. 114 (coin unit II) | |
Published: | Hesperia 1984, p. 114, #40 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 53:1, 1984 Image: digital 2011 4745 Image: digital 2011 4746 Image: digital 2011 4747 |