ID: |
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73000702 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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Type: |
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Roman Provincial |
Region: |
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CORINTH |
City:
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Corinth |
Issuer: |
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Marcus Aurelius |
Date Ruled: |
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AD 161-180
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Metal: |
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Bronze |
Denomination: |
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AE 27 |
Struck / Cast: |
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struck |
Date Struck: |
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161-180 |
Diameter: |
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27 mm |
Weight: |
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12.65 g |
Die Axis: |
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3 h |
Obverse Legend: |
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M AVR ANTONINVS AVG |
Obverse Description: |
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Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder |
Reverse Description: |
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The Acrocorinth: Temple of Aphrodite on precipitous hill, two shrines and tree at base |
Primary Reference: |
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BCD Corinth 71 (placement of reverse legend) |
Reference2: |
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SNG Cop - |
Reference3: |
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SNG Hunterian 465 (same dies) |
Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
Source: |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=91186 |
Grade:
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Good VF, red-brown patina, light smoothing |
Notes: |
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Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 702 Rare and an exceptional architectural type. Ex KÜnker 111 (18 March 2006), lot 6802.Sacked by the consul Lucius Mummius in 146 BC, Corinth was refounded by Julius Caesar as a Roman colony in 44 BC, shortly before his assassination. The most significant feature of the city was its acropolis, known as the Acrocorinth, a formidable natural fortress that dominated the southern Isthmus of Corinth, thus controlling the only land route into the Peloponnesus. |
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