Co 525 (Late Hellenistic hemiobol of Patrae) [ permalink ] [ show fewer 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
Reverse Photograph
