Co 1249 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin from Corinth) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not before (date)
-287
Not before (date)
-252
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BCDCorinth 288, p. 43 (citing Price Class A, Group VIII, 86, dated ca. 287-252)
Preservation comment
Wear: F. Slight pitting and scratching; one crater on obverse top left. Wide patches of white to pale green encrustation on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 19, no. 149 (R. Hohlfelder)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
13.0
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.1
Obverse Description
Pegasos flying to left
Obverse Inscription
Below, Ϙ
Reverse Description
Ornamented trident; to left, [Σ]; to right, bound lightning
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 1249 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin from Corinth).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1249>