Co 824 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Cyme in Aeolis) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-250
Not before (date)
-350
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BMCTroad Aeolis: Cyme 49, p. 108
Preservation comment
Wear: P/P+. Slightly nicked edge. Extensive, minute pitting and fissuring. Faint patches of pale green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 81, no. 1280 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Illegible“)
Axis (1-12)
1
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
17.0
Numismatic Issuer
Parmenitos (magistrate at Hellenistic Kyme)
Numismatic Mint
Kyme
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.65
Obverse Description
Front half of horse galloping to right (traces)
Obverse Inscription
Below horse, [ΠΑ]ΡΜΕΝΙΤΟ[Σ]
Reverse Description
Tall-stemmed one-handled cup; in left field, device or monogram (traces)
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Classical (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Horse or Donkey (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph