KC087 (Middle-Late Hellenistic tetrachalkon of Megara) [permalink] [show fewer links]

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)