Co 1295 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Phocian League) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-275
Not before (date)
-325
Comment
Coin dated late 4th-early 3rd century BC
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Cited by
Walker1980, p. 219 (rev. KenchreaiIII)
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 588, p. 203, pl. 25 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
BMCCentralGreece Phocis 66-75, p. 20, pl. III:17
Comparanda
Picard1984, pp. 283-284, 286, no. 9, fig. 2 (Corycian Cave)
Preservation comment
Wear: G. Moderately nicked edge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting with rare cratering and gouging. Wide areas of white bronze disease.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 17, no. 87 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenic and Hellenistic“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Numismatic Authority
Phocian League
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
15.0
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.74
Obverse Description
Facing head of Athena turned slightly to left, wearing tripled crested helmet
Reverse Description
Olive wreath tied below
Reverse Inscription
Φ
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 1295 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Phocian League).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1295>