- Co 525 (Late Hellenistic hemiobol of Patrae) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -40
- Not before (date)
- -42
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AgoraXXVI 735a, p. 234, pl. 28 (dated “ca. 146-14 BC”; J. Kroll)
- Comparanda
- BCDPeloponnesos 509-511, pp. 138-139 (dated “end 40s”)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G. Segments of edge snapped off and remaining part chipped; extensive, moderate to severe pitting to cratering. Wide, thin patches of white to pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 16, no. 45 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Hemiobol
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 21.0
- Numismatic Issuer
- Menodoros Menekleos (magistrate at Patras, ca. 50-25 BCE)
- Numismatic Mint
- Patrae
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.62
- Obverse Description
- Head of Heracles to right, with hair bound
- Reverse Description
- Athena striding to right, holding shield and leveled spear; in right and left lower field, Patrae monogram (traces) – owl standing right
- Reverse Inscription
- [ΜΗΤΡΟΔⲰΡΟⲤ] Μ[ⲈΝⲈ]ΚΛⲈΟⲤ [ΠΑΤΡⲈⲰΝ]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Bird (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Herakles/Hercules (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 525 (Late Hellenistic hemiobol of Patrae).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0525>
