Co 779 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Corinth) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-287
Not before (date)
-303
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BCDCorinth 279, p. 42 (citing Price Class A, Group VII, 82, dated ca. 303-287)
Preservation comment
Wear: aVF. Extensive, minute pitting and scratching. Incipient pale blue bronze disease.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 18, no. 115 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
10
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
12.0
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.8
Obverse Description
Pegasos flying to left
Obverse Inscription
Below, Ϙ
Reverse Description
Ornamented trident head
Reverse Inscription
To left, H; to right, wreath
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph