Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Coin | |
Name: | 1972 874 | |
Title: | Greek Imperial/Roman Provincial Copper/Bronze Coin of Caracalla?, Zakynthos Mint (AD 198 - AD 217) | |
Year: | 1972 | |
Coin Number: | 874 | |
Period: | Greek Imperial/Roman Provincial | |
Material: | AE | |
Mint: | Zakynthos | |
Authority: | Caracalla? | |
Obverse Legend: | ||
Obverse Type: | Bust of Emperor r., laureate | |
Reverse Legend: | ||
Reverse Type: | Zeus, naked to the waist, standing facing, head r.; he brandishes in his raised r. a thunderbolt, and rests l. hand on hip; eagle at feet to l. | |
Symbol: | Letters and eagle | |
Diameter: | 25 | |
Chronology: | AD 198 - AD 217 | |
Findspot Description: | Blegen's House Purchase date: 1919, . | |
Notes: | Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Originally BL-186 #1 There is some confusion in the BMC. No.95 (Lucius Verus) is described as holding as long scepter in r., with eagle at feet; the illustration (pl. 21.3) shows eagle but scepter is not visible. This is probably an example of the thunderbolt version, misdescribed in light of no. 97 (Caracalla), where Zeus holds long scepter, and no eagle. | |
Reference: | cf. BCD Pel 699.3; BMC no.95? | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Image: digital 2011 3587 Image: digital 2011 3588 Image: digital 2011 3589 |