Co 528 (Early Roman bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-19
Not before (date)
-29
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Cited by
Walker1980, p. 219 (rev. KenchreaiIII)
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 149, p. 106, pl. 14 (period IVD; J. Kroll)
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 80:29-32
Preservation comment
Wear: G/VG. One large marginal chip; dense scratching (mechanical cleaning?).
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 16, no. 77 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenistic or Hellenistic … Athens?“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Reduced-AE1
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
17.0
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
7.59
Obverse Description
Head of Athena to right, wearing triple-crested helmet; within dotted border
Reverse Description
Athena advancing right, carrying lowered spear in right hand and [aegis] draped over extended left arm; to lower right, owl (traces); within olive wreath
Reverse Inscription
To upper left, Α|ΘΕ
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 528 (Early Roman bronze coin of Athens).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0528>