Co 873 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Corinth) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-287
Not before (date)
-303
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BCDCorinth 272, p. 41 (citing Price Class A, Group VII, 77, dated ca. 303-287)
Preservation comment
Wear: P. Roughly 40% snapped from obverse right and left, with wide chipping and marginal flaking; extensive, slight pitting and rare gouging. Wide, thin film of white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 18, no. 125 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
9
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
10.0
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.75
Obverse Description
Pegasos flying to left (traces)
Reverse Description
Ornamented trident head
Reverse Inscription
To left, aplustre (traces); to right, Δ (traces)
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 873 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Corinth).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0873>