- Co 589 (Middle Hellenistic tetrachalkon of Ambracia) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -168
- Not before (date)
- -238
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BMCThessaly Epirus: Ambracia 5-9, p. 94, pl. XVIII:2
- Comparanda
- NemeaIII 133, p. 76, pl. 4 (R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)
- Comparanda
- SNGMünchThess 525
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F-F+. Slightly snapped edge, reducing original diameter and weight; slightly pitted and scratched surface. One patch of pale green bronze disease on obverse right.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 11, no. 6 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Tetrachalkon
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 16.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Ambracia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.06
- Obverse Description
- Laureate and veiled head of Dione to right
- Reverse Description
- Obelisk of Apollo Agyieus on two-stepped base within olive wreath
- Reverse Inscription
- To left and right, A–M|[B]–P
- 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
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