Google Earth| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 2017 59 | |
| Title: | Roman Republican Silver Denarius (81 BC) | |
| Year: | 2017 | |
| Coin Number: | 59 | |
| Period: | Roman Republican | |
| Material: | AR | |
| Denomination: | Denarius | |
| Comments: | serrated fabris; slashed and folded | |
| Obverse Type: | [Head of Hispania r., veiled?] | |
| Reverse Legend: | A. POST A F D. N. ALBIN | |
| Reverse Type: | Togate figure stg. L., raising r. over standard (aquila); behind, fasces | |
| Axis Clock: | ? | |
| Weight Description: | 3.15 | |
| Weight: | 3.15 | |
| Diameter: | 19 | |
| Chronology: | 81 BC | |
| Context: | Temple E, Southeast, context 1075 | |
| Findspot Description: | TESE Context:1075. Unit 2, Room A, Cleaning, found in sieve., Temple E, Southeast, context 1075, . | |
| Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
| Notes: | Slashing and folding strongly imply coin condemned as forgery in antiquity. Sydenham notes (p. 118) barbarous imitations of some serrate denarii of Social War period "are particularly numerous" although he does not adduce this particular issue, and quality of die cutting on this example seems unreproachable. A more heavily worn but otherwise unmolested (and so presumably legitimate) example of this issue was found in Shear’s Theater trench (T28-14, in the Study Collection). From crispness of detail, seems reasonable to infer that this coin was unmasked not long after its entry into circulation, but who is policing denarius pool at Corinth before 44 BCE? | |
| Reference: | RRC 372/2 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece |
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