- Co 1327 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Keos) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -200
- Not before (date)
- -250
- Comment
- Coin dated second half of 3rd century BC
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AgoraXXVI 831, p. 251, pl. 29 (J. Kroll)
- Comparanda
- BMCCreteAegean Ceos 1-9, p. 89, pl. XXI:3
- Comparanda
- RegerRisser1991, pp. 307-308
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG. Slight, extensive pitting; patches of greenish blue bronze disease. More than 50% of flan missing, so that original weight and diameter would have been 4+ g and 20+ cm. Aggressive mechancial cleaning of obverse has removed details of bust esp along right side.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 82, no. 1314 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Illegible“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 7
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 18.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Keos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.65
- Obverse Description
- Laureate and bearded head (Aristaeus?) to right
- Reverse Description
- Dog (Sirius) advancing left with forelegs outstretched, rays to left (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- Above figure, ΚΕ[ΙΩΝ]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Dog or Wolf (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1327 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Keos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1327>
