KC071 (Early Roman bronze coin of Athens) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
-19
Not before (date)
-25
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Co 231
Comparanda
RPC I, 1311
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 153, pp. 87-88, 108, pl. 14 (Period IVD; J. H. Kroll)
Preservation comment
Wear: G. Extensive, slight to moderate pitting; a few deep nicks around edges. Thin, widespread, small patches of green bronze disease.
Published as
Weir2022, pp. 1119-1120, no. 780, fig. 23.1
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Reduced-AE1
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
18.0
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
7.1
Obverse Description
Helmeted head of Athena to right; within dotted border (traces)
Reverse Description
Sphinx wearing polos crouching to right; within olive wreath
Reverse Inscription
ΑΘ̣–[E]
Chronology comment
Coin dated ca. 25-19 BCE.
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph