- Co 263 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of the Epirote League) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -168
- Not before (date)
- -234
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Franke1961, p. 214, Gruppe XI, pl. 43
- Description
- Flan undersized by roughly one-third for type: cut down or disproportionately worn along one edge. Centering dimple on obverse, off-center.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG. Extensive, moderate pitting and flaking. Large patches of white bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 672 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Numismatic Authority
- Epirote League
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 3.6
- Obverse Description
- Head of Zeus wearing taenia to right; within thin dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- Behind head, uncertain monogram
- Reverse Description
- Thunderbolt within oak wreath tied at left
- Reverse Inscription
- Above and below thunderbolt, Α[ΠΕΙ|ΡΩΤ]ΑΝ
- Diameter
- 12.0
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 263 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of the Epirote League).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0263>
