- Co 791 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -270
- Not before (date)
- -270
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AgoraXXVI 57a, p. 46, pl. 6 (J. Kroll)
- Label or tag text
- surface find, next to pt 3
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. Slight, sparse chipping and cracking along edge. Scattered patches of light blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 14, no. 46 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Pergamum, Second Century B.C.“?)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 15.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Athens
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.75
- Obverse Description
- Head of Athena in crested Corinthian helmet to right
- Reverse Description
- Owl standing facing; in right field, a wreath
- Reverse Inscription
- Around owl, Α|Θ-Ε
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
-
- Reverse Photograph
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