- Co 921 (Late Classical-Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Dyrrhachion) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -50
- Not before (date)
- -400
- Comment
- Coin dated 4th-1st centuries BC
- Comment
- JLR: The name ΛΥΚΟΥ is otherwise attested on silver coinage from Dyrrhachium: Ceka1972, pp. 189, 192, 197, nos. 65, 74, 197, 369
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- sim. BMCThessaly 170-175, p. 77
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aVF. Slightly nicked edge and moderate, extensive pitting; large areas of white to pale blue bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 14, no. 48 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Philip II or Alexander III, Fourth Century B.C.“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Issuer
- Lykos (magistrate at Hellenistic Dyrrhachium)
- Numismatic Mint
- Dyrrhachium
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.88
- Obverse Description
- Head of young Heracles to right, wearing lionskin
- Reverse Description
- Strung bow above club with intervening letters within thin wreath(?) border
- Reverse Inscription
- ΛΥΚΟΥ | ΔΥΡ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Herakles/Hercules (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Weaponry and Armor (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 921 (Late Classical-Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Dyrrhachion).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0921>
