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A brass AE22 of Corinth showing Aphrodite on one side and Pegasos on Bellerophon fighting Chimaera on the other Coin Type: Brass semi-autonomous AE22 of Corinth.
Q. Caecilius Niger and C. Heius Pam, duoviri; 34-31 BCE.
Size and Weight: 21mm x 22mm, 6.24g
Obverse: Head of Aphrodite right, wearing earring and necklace, hair gathered at back of head in a bun.
CORINT below (off the flan on this specimen).
Reverse: Q CAECIL NIGR above, C. HEIO PM and in ex. II VIR
Bellerophon on Pegasus flying right, holding spear in right hand and preparing to strike Chimaera standing left below.
Provenance: numismatiklanz (eBay), February 2011.
Ref: RPC I 1128; Amandry VIc (D5/R16); BCD Corinth 329. (Not verified.)
BW Ref: 007 052 168
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