- Co 870 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Myrina) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -300
- Not before (date)
- -338
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Cited by
- Walker1980, p. 219 (rev. KenchreaiIII)
- Comparanda
- BMCTaur Thrace: Lemnos, Myrina 2, p. 314
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F/G. Slight marginal nicking; extensive, minute pitting and somewhat rare cracking across surface. Wide areas of white bronze corrosion on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 12, no. 20 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Athens, Hellenistic Period”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 13.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Myrina (Lemnos)
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.17
- Obverse Description
- Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet
- Reverse Description
- Owl standing facing; to right, laurel branch (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- [Μ]ΥΡΙ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 870 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Myrina).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0870>
