- Co 1052 (Middle Hellenistic tertachalkon of Ambracia) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -168
- Not before (date)
- -238
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BMCThessaly Ambracia 10, p. 94, pl. XXIII:3
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P/G. Roughly 15% snapped off from edge and remaining segments chipped, including one deep gouge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and gouging. Wide areas of pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 12, no. 8 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Tetrachalkon
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 17.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Ambracia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 4.51
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head of Apollo to right
- Reverse Description
- Obelisk of Apollo Agyieus on two-stepped base within laurel wreath
- Reverse Inscription
- To left and right, Α-Μ|Β-Ρ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Apollo (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
-
- Reverse Photograph
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