Corinth Coin: 1986 179
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1986 179
Title:   Roman Imperial Copper/Bronze Quadrans of Trajan, Rome Mint (AD 98 - AD 117)
Year:   1986
Coin Number:   179
Period:   Roman Imperial
Material:   AE
Denomination:   quadrans
Mint:   Rome
Authority:   Trajan
Obverse Legend:   [IMP CAES TRAIAN AV]G GERM
Obverse Type:   Bust of Herakles r., bearded, with diadem, lionskin on neck
Reverse Legend:   S C (in ex.)
Reverse Type:   Wild boar moving r.; SC in exergue
Axis Clock:   7
Weight Description:   1.47
Weight:   1.47
Diameter:   14
Chronology:   AD 98 - AD 117
Context:   NB781 B100 P146
Findspot Description:   Theater E; 95AX-AW; upper half of early general destruction debris (NE extension); Lot 86-48; Code 410
Excavation Date: 6/4/1986
Notebook 781, p. 146
Basket 100, NB781 B100 P146, .
Elevation:   67.234
Area:   East of Theater
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Worn
Same types also used in Psophis (Arcadia): Lambros, pl. 15 #18; BCDPel 1685-1686.
Reference:   BMCRE III, p. 226, #1062-1067; Williams and Zervos 1987, no. 31, p. 38 (coin unit IV)
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 38, #31
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 56:1, 1987
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