Co 1063 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-98
Not before (date)
-99
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 94, p. 73, pl. 9 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 81:32-39
Contributor Notes
2012 (November 23): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2023-2024: JLR refined description and identification.
Preservation description
Wear: P+. Slight to moderate, extensive pitting to rare cratering; faint striations from vigorous mechanical cleaning especially obverse. Extensive patches of rough encrustation?
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 235, no. 247 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Corinth under Roman Rule … Uncertain”)
Axis (1-12)
12
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
18.0
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
4.76
Obverse Description
Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet; within dotted border
Reverse Description
Zeus striding to right and hurling thunder bolt
Reverse Inscription
Below arms, Α-ΘΕ; to left and [to right], pileus
Chronology comment
Dated 99/98 BCE
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph