Co 605 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-39

Not before (date)

-42

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

AgoraXXVI 138, pp. 101-102, pl. 12 (period 4B; J. Kroll)

Comparanda

BMCAttica 566–569, p. 83 (dated 2nd c. BC)

Comparanda

SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 80:1-7

Contributor Notes

2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: G/aVG. Sparse, slight pitting and scratching on reverse especially. Incipient white to pale blue bronze disease.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 12, no. 22 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Athens, Second Century B.C.“)

Axis (1-12)

10

Has denomination

Reduced-AE1

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

19.0

Numismatic Mint

Athens

Numismatic Weight (g)

8.19

Obverse Description

Head of Athena in crested Athenian helmet to right

Reverse Description

Tripod-lebes; to left, poppy-head; to right; thunderbolt

Reverse Inscription

Α̣–Θ̣Ε̣

Chronology comment

Dated 42/1-39 BCE

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph