KC078 (Late Classical bronze coin of Corinth) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

-368

Not before (date)

-375

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Comparanda

BCDCorinth 213-216, p. 34

Comparanda

BMCCorinth 472, p. 57, pl. xiv:7

Comparanda

NemeaIII 435–439, p. 97, pls. 9-10 (= Price’s Group 10, Class B; R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac))

Conservation

2009 (July): Cleaned mechanically (Phyllis Graham).

Contributor Notes

2024 (October): JLR revised Wier2022.

Preservation description

Wear: aG/F. Slight, sparse pitting and few small nicks around edge; thick, dark layering of bronze disease around margins.

Published as

Weir2022, p. 1121, no. 784, fig. 23.2

Axis (1-12)

6

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

19.0

Numismatic Mint

Corinth

Numismatic Weight (g)

3.07

Obverse Description

Helmeted head of Athena to left

Reverse Description

Ornamented trident head

Reverse Inscription

ΚΟΡ[ΙΝ-ΘΙΩΝ]

Chronology comment

Dated 375-368? BCE following speculation by M. J. Price cited at NemeaIII, p. 97 n. 298.

Explanation of deposition

Residual in mixed fill.

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Classical (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRA0909-004

Location in unit

Middle level in south passageway in northeast trench.

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph