Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 400 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of the Locrian League)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-300
Not before (date)
-338
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Cited by
Walker1980
, p. 219 (rev.
KenchreaiIII
)
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI
581, p. 202, pl. 25 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
BMCCentralGreece
Locris 57-68, pp. 7-8
Preservation comment
Wear: P/G. Slightly chipped edge; extensive, slight pitting and fissuring. Wide, thin film of white to pale green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, p. 28, no. 282 (R. Hohlfelder identified it “Uncertain, Greek Imperial”)
Axis (1-12)
12
Numismatic Authority
Locrian League
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
13.0
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.62
Obverse Description
Helmeted head of Athena to right
Reverse Description
Grape cluster
Reverse Inscription
[ΛΟΚ–Ρ]ΩΝ
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Classical (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 400 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of the Locrian League).” In
Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0400>