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
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
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)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“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>