Co 784 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Demetrios Poliorketes) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-295

Not before (date)

-300

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

Co 632, Co 714, Co 718, Co 1322

Comparanda

AgoraXXVI 504, p. 188, pl. 23 (ca 300–295 BCE; J. Kroll)

Comparanda

NemeaIII 89, 92 (ca 294–283 BC, following Newell; R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)

Comparanda

Newell1927, p. 151, no. 172, pl. XVII:11 (”Uncertain Mint in Asia Minor(?)“)

Preservation comment

Wear: F/F+. Extensive, moderate pitting. Patches of green to pale blue, powdery bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 13, no. 33 (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

6

Numismatic Authority

Demetrius I Poliorcetes (king of Macedon, 294-288 BCE)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

15.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

4.06

Obverse Description

Head of youthful Demetrios(?) to right wearing crested Corinthian helmet

Reverse Description

Ship’s prow to right

Reverse Inscription

Above, ΒΑ (traces); below, monogram (traces)

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Maritime Activities

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph