- Co 862 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Euboean Chalcis) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -308
- Not before (date)
- -338
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AgoraXXVI 616, pp. 209-210, pl. 25 (J. Kroll)
- Comparanda
- BMCCentralGreece Chalcis 70-80, pp. 10-11, pl. XX:15
- Comparanda
- Picard1979, p. 48, no. 15, pl. XI
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P+. Snapped off obverse axis 6; extensive, slight pitting to gouging and rare scratching. Wide, thin patches of light bluish green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 17, no. 83 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenistic or Hellenistic”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Chalcis (Euboea)
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.45
- Obverse Description
- Facing bust of Hera in three-quarters view, wearing diadem with five disks, resting on Ionic column
- Reverse Description
- Eagle turned to right with wing spread, clutching snake (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- Below, [Χ]ΑΛ; no control visible
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Eagle (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Hera/Juno (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Snake (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 862 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Euboean Chalcis).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0862>
