Co 25 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show fewer links]

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)