- Co 548 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin, Anonymous Macedonian royal issue) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -300
- Not before (date)
- -325
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- KC032
- Comparanda
- Liampi1986, p. 264, nos. 232 (Demetrios Poliorcetes, Cyprus), 252 (uncertain), pl. 6
- Comparanda
- NemeaIII 1992–1995, p. 172, pl. 27 (R. C. Knapp and J. MacIsaac)
- Comparanda
- Price1991, pp. 390-395, nos. 3158-3162, pl. 150
- Comparanda
- SNGCopMac3 1122-1126, pl. 29
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Snapped to remove ca. 35% from obverse lower left; extensive, slight pitting and differential wear in patches. Wide areas of white and pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 81, no. 1265 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Illegible”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 1
- Has denomination
- Dichalkon
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 15.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.53
- Obverse Description
- Macedonian shield with facing gorgoneion on central roundel
- Reverse Description
- Macedonian helmet with spreading plume and hanging cheekguards; lower left and right, caduceus-uncertain monogram
- Reverse Inscription
- To upper left and right, Β-[Α]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Weaponry and Armor (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 548 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin, Anonymous Macedonian royal issue).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0548>
