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- Co 789 (Middle-Late Hellenistic bronze coin of the Thessalian League) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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-50
- Not before (date)
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-196
- 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 541, p. 195, pl. 24 (J. Kroll)
- Comparanda
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Rogers1933, pp. 23-24, nos. 43-51b, fig. 6
- Comparanda
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SNGCopThessIllyric 324, 326, 327, pl. 7
- Contributor Notes
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2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
- Contributor Notes
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2023: JLR restudied and identified after consultation with Alan Walker.
- Preservation description
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Wear: aG/aF. Extensive, slight to moderate pitting and gouging, Small patches of white and light blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 12, no. 18 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Athens, Hellenistic Period“)
- Axis (1-12)
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12
- Numismatic Authority
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Thessalian League
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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16.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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2.66
- Obverse Description
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Head of Athena wearing crested Corinthian helmet to right
- Obverse Inscription
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To left, ↓ [I]ΣΑΓ (?); above, traces of letters
- Reverse Description
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Horse prancing to right
- Reverse Inscription
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[Θ]Ε̣Σ̣|Σ̣Α̣[ΛΩ]Ν̣
- Chronology comment
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Dated 196-1st century BCE
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Horse or Donkey (Visual Motif)