Co 874 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of the Euboean League) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-245
Not before (date)
-253
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 613, pp. 208-209, pl. 25 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
BMCCentralGreece Euboea 27, p. 97
Comparanda
sim. Picard1979, pp. 170-171, nos. 22-26, pl. XXX
Preservation comment
Wear: aF. Slight, sparse pitting; incipient pale blue bronze corrosion.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 13, no. 35 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
6
Numismatic Authority
Euboean League
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
12.0
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.19
Obverse Description
Bull standing to right; above, cornucopia; to right, thymiaterion(?)
Reverse Description
Grape cluster on branch
Reverse Inscription
To right, [Ε]Υ[Β]Ο
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bull or Cow (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 874 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of the Euboean League).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0874>