Co 980 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Miletos) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-290

Not before (date)

-313

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

Deppert1984 419-420, p. 159, pl. 13 (Periode II)

Contributor Notes

2010 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Contributor Notes

2024: JLR revised reading and description.

Preservation description

Wear: VF. Three large marginal chippings; sparse, slight pitting. Large patch of powdery, pale blue bronze disease on obverse.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 74, no. 1158 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Baduila or Justinian“)

Axis (1-12)

12

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

11.0

Numismatic Issuer

Epinikos (magistrate at Hellenistic Miletus)

Numismatic Mint

Miletus

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.02

Obverse Description

Head of Apollo to right with rolled hair

Reverse Description

Lion striding to right, turning back head to look at ✷

Reverse Inscription

ΕΠΙΝΙ̣Κ̣(ΟΣ)

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Apollo (Visual Motif)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Lion (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph