Corinth Coin: 2013 249
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   2013 249
Title:   Roman Republican Silver Den., Auxiliary Italian B Mint (79 BC)
Year:   2013
Coin Number:   249
Period:   Roman Republican
Material:   AR
Denomination:   den.
Mint:   Auxiliary Italian B
Comments:   ca. 79 BC; serrated edge
Obverse Type:   Bust of Diana r., draped, hair in knot, bow and quiver on shoulder, bucranium above
Reverse Legend:   AP[O] … ALBIN
Reverse Type:   Togate figure on r., standing l., raising hand over head of an ox, standing r.; in center, lighted altar; the whole group on a rocky formation with a flat top
Axis Clock:   8
Weight Description:   3.677
Weight:   3.677
Diameter:   18
Chronology:   79 BC
Context:   Nezi Field, context 1246
Findspot Description:   EL. 85.44, Nezi Field, context 1246, .
Area:   Nezi Field
Notes:   reconstruction of rev. legend : A.POST.A.F.S.N.ALBIN (Aulus Postumius Auli filius Spurii nepos Albinus)
Reference:   Sydenham, Coinage of the Roman Republic, p. 120, no. 745; plate 21
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Basket: Nezi Field, context 1246