Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC079 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Patrae)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -40
Not before (date): -40
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: BCDPeloponnesos 515, 516, p. 139
Comparanda: sim. BMCPeloponnesus 5, p. 22
Description: Prominent centering dimple on obverse.
Preservation comment: Wear: F. Roughly 40% of coin snapped off from obverse left. Slight, extensive pitting and sparse scratching on reverse.
Published as: Weir2022, p. 1126, no. 801, fig. 23.5
Axis (1-12): 9
Has denomination: Tetrachalkon
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 19.0
Numismatic Issuer: Aristarchos Damonos (magistrate at Patras, ca. 50-25 BCE)
Numismatic Mint: Patrae
Numismatic Weight (g): 2.3
Obverse Description: Helmeted head of Athena to right
Reverse Description: Poseidon brandishing trident to right; in left field, monogram; in right field, caduceus
Reverse Inscription: [ΑΡ]ΙϹΤΑΡΧΟϹ [ΔΑΜⲰΝΟϹ ΠΑΤΡΕⲰΝ]; to left, ΠΑΤΡΑΙ (monogram)
Chronology comment: Coin dated ca. 40 BCE.
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Poseidon/Neptune (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KC079 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Patrae).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc079>