Co 526 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Knossos) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-250
Not before (date)
-308
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Svoronos1890, p. 79, no. 104, pl. VI:26
Contributor Notes
2013 (November 30): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2024: JLR described and identified coin.
Description
Even elliptical pit with sharp walls on reverse middle but broken away: vestige of incuse countermark?
Preservation description
Wear: P/VG. Extensive destruction of edge, with chipping and oblique snapping, so that coin is reduced by up to half size; wide pitting and gouging on both surface leaves uneven surfaces. Thin, widespread patches of bluish white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 13, no. 36 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Eretria(?), Fourth Century B.C.“)
Axis (1-12)
5
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
12.0
Numismatic Mint
Knossos
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.45
Obverse Description
[Horned] head of Apollo Karneios to right
Reverse Description
Thunderbolt; [to left] and right middle, ✶ or ✷ (?); above and below star, name of city; all within dotted border (traces)
Reverse Inscription
[Κ-]Ν̣|[Ω-Σ]
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Apollo (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph