Co 148 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show fewer links]

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)