Co 1304 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-270
Not before (date)
-270
Comment
Coin dated ca. 270 BC
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 56, p. 46, pl. 6
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 22:76, 77
Preservation comment
Wear: aG/P. Long segments snapped off and deep marginal chipping; extensive, slight pitting to gouging and flaking especially reverse. Wide areas of white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 82, no. 1309 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Illegible“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
15.5
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.74
Obverse Description
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet
Reverse Description
Owl standing right but head facing; to lower right, wreath
Reverse Inscription
Above figure, to right and left, [Α]|Θ-Ε
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 1304 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1304>