Co 400 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of the Locrian League) [permalink] [show more links]
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)
4
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>