Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 1249 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin from Corinth)
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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