- Co 1063 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -98
- Not before (date)
- -99
- Comment
- Coin dated 99/8 BC
- 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
- Preservation comment
- 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
- 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
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1063 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1063>
