Co 516 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph