- Co 516 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -261
- Not before (date)
- -270
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AgoraXXVI 58, p. 46, pl. 6 (J. Kroll)
- Comparanda
- SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 22:78, 79
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P/aG. Slightly snapped and nicked edge; slight, sparse pitting and scratching. Extensive film of white to pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 81, no. 1261 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Frankish and Levantine, Illegible“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 3
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 14.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Athens
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.24
- Obverse Description
- Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet
- Reverse Description
- Owl standing facing; to right, [ear of wheat] (traces?)
- Reverse Inscription
- Above and upper right to left, Α|Θ-Ε (traces)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bird (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 516 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0516>
