- Co 213 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Alexander I Balas from Antioch) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -147
- Not before (date)
- -149
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BMCSeleucidSyria 55, p. 56, pl. XVI:12
- Comparanda
- SeleucidCoins II.1801
- Description
- Obverse struck ca. 15% off center to lower right
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F+/F. Slight, extensive pitting and scratching on both faces; small area of thin bronze disease on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 16, no. 71 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenic and Hellenistic“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Numismatic Authority
- Alexander I Balas (king of Syria, 152-145 BCE)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 19.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Seleuceia Pieria
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 5.4
- Obverse Description
- Laureate, bearded head of Zeus to right; within dotted border
- Reverse Description
- Athena standing to left, leaning on shield and spear, holds owl in extended right arm
- Reverse Inscription
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕⲰΣ | [ΑΛ]ΕΞ[ΑΝΡΟΥ . . .]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bird (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 213 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Alexander I Balas from Antioch).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0213>
