Co 516 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink]
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
Contributor Notes
2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2023: JLR clarified identification.
Preservation description
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
Reverse Photograph