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ID: |
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77000449 |
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[UNVERIFIED]
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| Type: |
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Roman Provincial |
| Region: |
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CORINTH |
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City:
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Corinth |
| Issuer: |
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Pseudo-autonomous issue |
| Date Ruled: |
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34-31 BC
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| Metal: |
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Bronze |
| Denomination: |
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As |
| Date Struck: |
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AD 34-31 |
| Weight: |
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6.76 g |
| Die Axis: |
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8 h |
| Obverse Description: |
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Head of Aphrodite right, hair pulled back in ponytail, wearing pearl necklace |
| Reverse Legend: |
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L CAECIL NIGR/ C HEIO P AM (AM ligate) above, II VIR |
| Reverse Description: |
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Bellerophon on Pegasus flying right, holding spear in right hand and preparing to strike the Chimaera standing left below. |
| Primary Reference: |
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RPC I 1128 var. (ethnic on obv.) |
| Reference2: |
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Amandry VIc (unlisted dies) |
| Reference3: |
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cf. BCD Corinth 329 |
| Reference4: |
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BMC 496-7 var. (same); cf. Lanz 97, lot 267 |
| Photograph Credit: |
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Classical Numismatic Group |
| Source: |
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http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=114872 |
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Grade:
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Good VF, dark green patina with traces of olive overtones, adjustment marks on reverse, a hint of smoothing on the obverse, but not enough to remove every trace of ethnic were it there in the first place |
| Notes: |
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Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 449 Apparently unique without the obverse ethnic. From the Patrick Villemur Collection. |
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