Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC071 (Early Roman bronze coin of Athens)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -19
Not before (date): -25
Comment: Coin dated ca. 25-19 BCE.
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]
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)
Suggested citation: “KC071 (Early Roman bronze coin of Athens).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc071>