- Co 2011 (Middle-Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Megara) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -1
- Not before (date)
- -200
- Comment
- Coin dated 2nd-1st century BC
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AgoraXXVI 649, p. 218 (J. Kroll)
- Comparanda
- BMCAttica Megara 44-45, p. 122, pl. XXI:15-16
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P. Roughly 10% snapped off from obverse upper left; extensively delaminated surfaces, with moderate pitting and gouging. Wide, thin areas of white and pale blue to pale green bronze disease.
- Axis (1-12)
- 1
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 15.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Megara
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.51
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head to right Apollo; within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Description
- Lyre within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- M–[E]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Apollo (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 2011 (Middle-Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Megara).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co2011>
