KC052 (Early Hellenistic hemiobol from Athens) [permalink] [show fewer 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)