Corinth Coin: 1983 177
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1983 177
Title:   Roman Imperial Copper/Bronze Sestertius of Septimius Severus, Rome Mint (AD 196)
Year:   1983
Coin Number:   177
Period:   Roman Imperial
Material:   AE
Denomination:   sestertius
Mint:   Rome
Authority:   Septimius Severus
Obverse Legend:   L SEPT SEV PE-RT AVG IMP VI[I]
Obverse Type:   Bust r., laureate, draped, wearing cuirass
Reverse Legend:   [P M T]R P IIII - COS II P P; S-C
Reverse Type:   Mars standing r., holding spear in r. and resting l. on oval shield; to l., cuirass
Axis Clock:   12
Diameter:   28 x 31
Chronology:   AD 196
Context:   NB756 B66 P112
Findspot Description:   East of Theater; 95:AU; Destruction debris below the main layer of tiles
Excavation Date: 5/27/1983
Notebook 756, p. 112
Basket 66, NB756 B66 P112, .
Area:   East of Theater
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Negative 83-48-14A/15A
Not in Agora II or Corinth VI
Reference:   BMC V, p. 144, #584; RIC IV, I, p. 188, #708 (AD 195-196); Williams and Zervos 1984, no. 40, p. 114 (coin unit II)
Published:   Hesperia 1984, p. 114, #40
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 53:1, 1984
Image: digital 2011 4745
Image: digital 2011 4746
Image: digital 2011 4747