- Co 2019 (Late Classical-Late Hellenistic bronze coin or tessera from Argos) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- -100
- Not before (date)
- -400
- Comment
- Coin dated 4th-2nd century BCE
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BCDPeloponnesos 1121, p. 272 (“very rare“, identified as “Tessera“)
- Comparanda
- Svoronos1912, no. 2112, pl. 7:21:1 (Collection Mavrogordatos)
- Description
- Undersized flan for type.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G. Roughly 10-15% snapped off obverse upper right; extensive, minute to slight pitting and scratching, and rare gouging. Dark patina.
- Axis (1-12)
- 1
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 11.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Argos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.9
- Obverse Inscription
- Large Α
- Reverse Inscription
- Large FI within band border
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 2019 (Late Classical-Late Hellenistic bronze coin or tessera from Argos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co2019>
