- Co 688 (Early Hellenistic hemiobol of Athens) [permalink] [show fewer 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
- KC072
- 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
- Has denomination
- Hemiobol
- 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 facing, standing left, 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
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