Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC087 (Middle-Late Hellenistic tetrachalkon of Megara)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -75
Not before (date): -150
Comment: Coin dated mid-2nd to early 1st centuries BCE.
Comment: JLR slightly revised Weir 2022 (October 2024).
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: Co 680
Comparanda: BCDPeloponnesos 33-34, p. 27
Comparanda: BMCAttica 15, p. 119
Comparanda: McCleanII 5988, pl. 212:4
Preservation comment: Wear: F/VG. Extensive, slight to moderate pitting to gouging; slight chipping around edges.
Published as: Weir2022, p. 1120, no. 782, fig. 23.1
Axis (1-12): 7
Has denomination: Tetrachalkon
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 22.0
Numismatic Mint: Megara
Numismatic Weight (g): 5.58
Obverse Description: Laureate head of Apollo to right, hair flowing behind; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription: ΜΕ[ΓΑ]–Ρ̣ΕΩΝ
Reverse Description: Kithara with four(?) strings within dotted border (traces)
Reverse Inscription: Traces of magistrate‘s name to right and left of kithara?
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Apollo (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KC087 (Middle-Late Hellenistic tetrachalkon of Megara).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc087>