Co 528 (Early Roman bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show fewer 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