- Co 712 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Demetrios Poliorketes) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -288
- Not before (date)
- -294
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AgoraXXVI 506, p. 189 (J. Kroll)
- Comparanda
- NemeaIII 83–88, p. 71, pl. 3 (R. C. Knapp and J. MacIsaac)
- Comparanda
- Newell1927, pp. 118-120, nos. 125-131, pl. XIII:13-17
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aF. Extensive, slight pitting; specks of pale blue bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 13, no. 28 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 9
- Numismatic Authority
- Demetrius I Poliorcetes (king of Macedon, 294-288 BCE)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 16.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Amphipolis
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.48
- Obverse Description
- Macedonian shield with monogram of king in emblema
- Reverse Description
- Crested Macedonian helmet; immediately to left inside crest, uncertain control (double axe?)
- Reverse Inscription
- Below, ΒΑ–ΣΙ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Weaponry and Armor (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 712 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Demetrios Poliorketes).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0712>
