Co 933 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-150
Not before (date)
-169
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 86, p. 71, pl. 8 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
Kleiner1976, p. 5, type 4, pl. 2
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 103:50-56
Description
Flan is too small for type by up to 30%.
Preservation comment
Wear: G. Wide, deep lateral chip; extensive, moderate to severe pitting to cratering and sparse flaking. Wide, thin patches of white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 17, no. 85 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenistic and Hellenistic”)
Axis (1-12)
11
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
13.0
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
3.5
Obverse Description
Head of Demeter with hair rolled to right, wearing wheat wreath (traces)
Reverse Description
Piglet striding to right
Reverse Inscription
Above, ΑΘΕ (traces]
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Ceres/Demeter (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph