Corinth Coin: 1976 252
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1976 252
Title:   Roman Republican Silver Denarius of Cn. Lucretius Trio, Rome Mint (136 BC)
Year:   1976
Coin Number:   252
Period:   Roman Republican
Material:   AR
Denomination:   denarius
Mint:   Rome
Authority:   Cn. Lucretius Trio
Obverse Legend:   TRIO
Obverse Type:   Head of Roma r., to r. X
Reverse Legend:   C[N L]VCR ROMA
Reverse Type:   Dioscuri r., ROMA in exergue
Symbol:   Rev: in exergue ROMA
Axis Clock:   9
Weight Description:   2.645
Weight:   2.645
Diameter:   18
Chronology:   136 BC
Context:   NB647 B136 P109
Findspot Description:   Forum Southwest, 71B, Fill above small pebble roadway
Elevation: 81.990 - 81.968
Excavation Date: 05/19/1976
Notebook 647 p. 109
Basket 136, NB647 B136 P109, .
Area:   Forum southwest
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Plated or just miscleaned?
Crawford 237-1a has a necklace with beads
Negative 77-11-5,6
Reference:   Crawford #237/1a; Syd. 450, his date 155-120 BC
Published:   Hesperia 1980, p. 152
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Wright, Hesperia 49:2, 1980
Image: digital 2011 4790
Image: digital 2011 4791
Image: digital 2011 4792