Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 25 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Comment: JLR 2023: Coin not found and examined. Lost in 1968 with Hassia?
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: Co 231
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 12, no. 23 (R. Hohlfelder)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 19.0
Numismatic Mint: Athens
Numismatic Weight (g): 7.03
Obverse Description: Helmeted head of Athena to right; within border of dots or wreath
Reverse Description: Sphinx wearing kalathos crouching to right within olive wreath
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “Co 25 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0025>