Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 1055 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Demeterios Poliorketes)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-283
Not before (date)
-300
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Newell1927
, p. 151, no. 171, pl. XVII.10 (“… Mint in Caria(?)”)
Comparanda
sim.
AgoraXXVI
505, p. 188, pl. 24 (“Carian mint? after 300 B.C.“; J. Kroll)
Preservation comment
Wear: VF. Slightly nicked and chipped edge; extensive, minute to slight pitting. Speckling of white and pale blue bronze disease on obverse.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, p. 13, no. 34 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
9
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
15.0
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.58
Obverse Description
Laureate head of Poseidon to right
Reverse Description
Ship‘s prow to right; at right, dolphin; below, uncertain monogram
Reverse Inscription
Above, ΒΑ
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Dolphin (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Poseidon/Neptune (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 1055 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Demeterios Poliorketes).” In
Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1055>