KC052 (Early Hellenistic hemiobol from Athens) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
-300
Not before (date)
-307
Comment
JLR significantly revised Weir 2022 (October 2024).
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Co 688
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 50, p. 44, pl. 5 (J. H. Kroll)
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 22:85-88
Preservation comment
Wear: aG. Moderate, extensive pitting and abrasion render surface bumpy; moderately chipped edge but breaks rounded. Thick, widespread, green bronze disease on both faces but especially reverse.
Published as
Weir2022, pp. 1127, 1128, no. 808, fig. 23.6 (“Possibly Egypt: Ptolemy III?“)
Axis (1-12)
2
Has denomination
Hemiobol
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
16.5
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
3.33
Obverse Description
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet with crests [and visor]
Reverse Description
Facing owl standing to left within olive wreath (traces)
Reverse Inscription
[ΗΘ]-Α (retrograde)
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation
“KC052 (Early Hellenistic hemiobol from Athens).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc052>