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- Co 903 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Aegina) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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-250
- Not before (date)
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-400
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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AgoraXXVI 662a, p. 220, pl. 27 (J. Kroll)
- Comparanda
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BMCAttica Aegina 213-214, p. 143
- Contributor Notes
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2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
- Preservation description
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Wear: VF. One large marginal chip and sparse cracking.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 11, no. 4 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
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4
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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13.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Aegina
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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2.04
- Obverse Description
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Two dolphins swimming upwards
- Obverse Inscription
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Between dolphins, small Α
- Reverse Description
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Incuse square with four compartments, lower right one divided into two triangles
- Reverse Inscription
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In upper left quadrant, A (traces)
- Chronology comment
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Dated 4th-first half 3rd century BCE
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Dolphin (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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