Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1251 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Aegina)

: Co 1251 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Aegina) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): -250
Not before (date): -400
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: AgoraXXVI 622, pp. 220-221, pl. 27 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda: BMCAttica Aegina 206-222, p. 143, pl. XXV:11-14
Comparanda: NemeaIII 386-413, pp. 94-95 (R. Knapp and J. MacIsaac)
Contributor Notes: 2012 (November 23): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2024: JLR refined description and identification.
Preservation description: Wear: P+. Slightly nicked edge; slight transverse separation of flan; extensive, slight pitting, fissuring and gouging. Extensive film of bluish green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 82, no. 1303 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Illegible”)
Axis (1-12): 6
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 15.0
Numismatic Mint: Aegina
Numismatic Weight (g): 2.38
Obverse Description: [Two] dolphins swimming upward
Reverse Description: Incuse square with four compartments, lower right one divided into two triangles
Chronology comment: Dated 4th-first half of 3rd century BCE
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Classical (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Dolphin (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph