Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC078 (Late Classical bronze coin of Corinth)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -368
Not before (date): -375
Comment: Coin dated 375-368? BCE following speculation by M. J. Price cited at NemeaIII, p. 97 n. 298.
Comment: JLR revised Wier 2022 (October 2024).
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
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))
Preservation comment: 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]
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Classical (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KC078 (Late Classical bronze coin of Corinth).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc078>