Co 1063 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph