Co 405 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Delos) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-167
Not before (date)
-308
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 828e-k, pp. 249-250 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
BMCCreteAegean Delos 5-8, p. 99, pl. XXIII:3-5
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 105:50-63
Preservation comment
Wear: aG/P. Chipped edge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting. Two thick patches of yellowish encrustation(?) on obverse; extensive film of white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 16, no. 72 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenistic and Hellenistic”)
Axis (1-12)
12
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
11.0
Numismatic Mint
Delos
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.4
Obverse Description
Laureate head of Apollo with rolled hair to right
Reverse Description
Lyre
Reverse Inscription
To lower left and right, Δ–Η; no visible controls
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Apollo (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph