KC051 (Early-Middle Hellenistic dichalkon of Pheneos) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
-240
Not before (date)
-300
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BCDPeloponnesos 1626, p. 387
Comparanda
BMCPeloponnesus Pheneus 24, p. 195
Comparanda
SNGCopArgolis 274
Preservation comment
Wear: G. Extensive, moderate to severe cratering; chipped edge; thick, widespread, dark green bronze corrosion, projecting in spicule at 9 reverse.
Published as
Weir2022, p. 1127, no. 804, fig. 23.6
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
Dichalkon
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
19.0
Numismatic Mint
Pheneus
Numismatic Weight (g)
5.07
Obverse Description
Draped bust of Artemis Heurippa to right
Reverse Description
Mare feeding to right
Reverse Inscription
Φ[ΕΝ]Ε[Ω]Ν; below figure, ΑΡ monogram (traces); in exergue, ΗΡ monogram (traces)
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Artemis/Diana (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Horse or Donkey (Visual Motif)