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