Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 708 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Corinth)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-303
Not before (date)
-306
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BCDCorinth
256, p. 39 (citing Price Class A, Group VI, 57, dated ca. 306-303)
Preservation comment
Wear: aG. Extensive, slight pitting and moderate fissuring and circumferential cracking. Widespread, thin film of white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, p. 17, no. 107 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
9
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
11.5
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.42
Obverse Description
Pegasos flying to left
Obverse Inscription
Below, Ϙ
Reverse Description
Ornamented trident head
Reverse Inscription
To lower left, [Α]; to right, Ares standing left with upraised right arm and shield | Υ
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Ares/Mars (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 708 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Corinth).” In
Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0708>