Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 789 (Middle-Late Hellenistic bronze coin of the Thessalian League)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): -50
Not before (date): -196
Comment: Coin dated 196 to 1st century BC
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: AgoraXXVI 541, p. 195, pl. 24 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda: Rogers1933, pp. 23-24, nos. 43-51b, fig. 6
Comparanda: SNGCopThessIllyric 324, 326, 327, pl. 7
Preservation comment: Wear: aG/aF. Extensive, slight to moderate pitting and gouging, Small patches of white and light blue bronze disease on both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 12, no. 18 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Athens, Hellenistic Period“)
Axis (1-12): 12
Numismatic Authority: Thessalian League
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 16.0
Numismatic Weight (g): 2.66
Obverse Description: Head of Athena wearing crested Corinthian helmet to right
Obverse Inscription: To left, ↓ [I]ΣΑΓ (?); above, traces of letters
Reverse Description: Horse prancing to right
Reverse Inscription: [Θ]ΕΣ|ΣΑ[ΛΩ]Ν
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Horse or Donkey (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “Co 789 (Middle-Late Hellenistic bronze coin of the Thessalian League).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0789>