Corinth Coin: 1983 98
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1983 98
Title:   Roman Imperial Copper/Bronze As Or Dupondius of Septimius Severus for Geta, Rome Mint (AD 203)
Year:   1983
Coin Number:   98
Period:   Roman Imperial
Material:   AE
Denomination:   as or dupondius
Mint:   Rome
Authority:   Septimius Severus for Geta
Obverse Legend:   P SEPTIMIVS - GETA CAES
Obverse Type:   Bust of Geta r., bare head, draped, wearing cuirass
Reverse Legend:   [P]ONTIF - CO[S] SC
Reverse Type:   Minerva seated l., holding owl (traces) and [scepter, leaning on shield]; [in exergue, S-C ?]
Symbol:   Rev: [in exergue, S-C ?]
Axis Clock:   12
Diameter:   26
Chronology:   AD 203
Context:   NB759 B20 P22
Findspot Description:   Glauke NW; Destruction fill
Excavation Date: 5/16/1983
Notebook 759, p. 22
Basket 20, NB759 B20 P22, .
Area:   Glauke
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Metal Reddish = As
Not Corinth VI or Agora II
Also close to BMCRE V, p. 354, #864
Reference:   BMC V p. 338 "dagger" (Paris)
Published:   Hesperia 1984, 9, 114, #41
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 53:1, 1984
Image: digital 2011 4769
Image: digital 2011 4770
Image: digital 2011 4771