KC066 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of the Arcadian League) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
-275
Not before (date)
-330
Comment
Coin dated ca. 320s-275 BCE.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BCDPeloponnesos 1532–1535, pp. 355-356
Comparanda
BMCPeloponnesus Arcadia 62-64, p. 174, pl. XXXII:14
Comparanda
NemeaIII 1913–1927, pp. 164-165, pl. 23 (R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)
Preservation comment
Wear P; countertmark: F. Heavy attrition and slight, sparse pitting with cratering on both faces; irregular loss of edge to create oval shape; thin crack across reverse. Large patches of brownish green bronze disease.
Published as
Weir2022, p. 1127, no. 803, fig. 23.6
Axis (1-12)
7
Has denomination
Chalkous
Numismatic Authority
Arcadian League
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
21.0
Numismatic Mint
Megalopolis
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.84
Obverse Description
Countermark across hair to face in shallow incuse rectangle (11 mm): ΜⲈ (bold letters; =ΜⲈΓΑΛΟΠΟΛΙⲤ).
Obverse Description
Horned head of Pan to right (traces)
Reverse Description
Large monogram with syrinx below (traces)
Reverse Inscription
ΑΡΚ (in monogram)
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Pan (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation
“KC066 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of the Arcadian League).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc066>