Co 562 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Illyrian Apollonia) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-50
Not before (date)
-200
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BMCThessaly 49, p. 59
Comparanda
SNGCopThessIllyr 401, pl. XII:9
Preservation comment
Wear: aVG. Nicking along obverse left edge. Extensive, slight pitting and flaking on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 11, no. 7 (R. Hohlfelder; identified as “Ambracia, 238-168 B.C.“)
Axis (1-12)
8
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
17.0
Numismatic Mint
Apollonia (Illyria)
Numismatic Weight (g)
3.61
Obverse Description
Laureate head of Apollo to right
Reverse Description
Obelisk of Apollo Agyieus on pedestal; to left and right inscription in two lines; within laurel wreath
Reverse Inscription
ΑΠΟ–ΛΛΩ|ΝΙΑ–ΤΑΝ
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Apollo (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 562 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Illyrian Apollonia).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0562>