Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 872 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Argos)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-200
Not before (date)
-400
Comment
Coin dated 4th-3rd century BC
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI
781, p. 241 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
BMCPeloponnesus
Argos 98, p. 143
Comparanda
NemeaIII
1647, p. 150 (R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)
Preservation comment
Wear: P/F. Frequent, slight marginal nicking; extensive, slight to moderate pitting to rare cratering. Wide, thin areas of white to pale blue bronze disease.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, p. 12, no. 14 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
12
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
12.0
Numismatic Mint
Argos
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.52
Obverse Description
Head of wolf to left
Reverse Inscription
Large A (upper part off flan); below, Θ (traces?)
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Classical (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Dog or Wolf (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph