Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1178 (Late Classical bronze coin of Phlius)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 350
Not before (date): 400
Comment: JLR 10/24: Check coin--and then check Nemea III, pp. 127-128 on dating
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: MacIsaac1988, pp. 49–53, Type I (“at the end of” Issue 1)
Preservation comment: Wear: P. Roughly 30% snapped off; extensive, slight to moderate pitting and rare cratering. Film of white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 61, no. 943 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: Chalkous
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 10.5
Numismatic Mint: Phlious
Numismatic Weight (g): 1.0
Obverse Description: Bull butting to left (traces)
Reverse Description: Large Φ without pellets(?)
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Bull or Cow (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “Co 1178 (Late Classical bronze coin of Phlius).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1178>