Co 688 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-300
Not before (date)
-307
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 50, p. 44, pl. 5 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 22:85-88
Preservation comment
Wear: G. Extensive, moderate pitting; small areas of light bluish bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 12, no. 17 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
2
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
14.5
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
3.1
Obverse Description
Head of Athena to right wearing crested Corinthian helmet
Reverse Description
Owl standing facing within olive wreath
Reverse Inscription
To left and right, ΗΘ-Α (retrograde; traces)
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 688 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0688>