Google Earth| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 2012 117 | |
| Title: | Greek Imperial/Roman Provincial Copper/Bronze Coin of Plautilla, Corinth Mint (AD 202 - AD 209) | |
| Year: | 2012 | |
| Coin Number: | 117 | |
| Period: | Greek Imperial/Roman Provincial | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Mint: | Corinth | |
| Authority: | Plautilla | |
| Obverse Legend: | PLAVTILLA [A]V[GVSTA] | |
| Obverse Type: | Bust of Emperess R. | |
| Reverse Legend: | C L [I - C O] R | |
| Reverse Type: | Female figure standing r., holding scepter in r. and [object] in outstretched l. | |
| Weight Description: | 2.79 | |
| Weight: | 2.79 | |
| Diameter: | 24 | |
| Chronology: | AD 202 - AD 209 | |
| Context: | Nezi Field, context 888 | |
| Findspot Description: | Nezi 888, E 262.57, N 1007.61, H 86.12, Nezi Field, context 888, . | |
| Area: | Nezi Field | |
| Notes: | Excavator identified reverse as Aphrodite holding golden apple (St. Coll. T25-381), which may be correct, but there are grounds for caution. The clothing on the figure looks more like a peplos, or at least the figure is likely to be clothed from the waist up; Aphrodite is naked to the waist; her clothing bunches about the hips. The apple or other object cannot be read with confidence. Since the Athena type is common in the Severan period, it seems better to leave the identity of the deity open. | |
| Reference: | cf. Study coll. T25-381, Hesperia 1987 p. 108.88 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Basket: Nezi Field, context 888 |
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