Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 148 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 270
Not before (date): 284
Comment: Coin dated ca. 284-270s BC
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 788, Co 904
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 12, no. 15 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Athens, Fourth Century B.C.“)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 13.0
Numismatic Mint: Athens
Numismatic Weight (g): 1.91
Reverse Description: Piglet standing to right over slender mystic staff within wheat wreath
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Pig or Wild Boar (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “Co 148 (Early 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/co0148>