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- Co 2019 (Late Classical-Late Hellenistic bronze coin or tessera from Argos) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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-100
- Not before (date)
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-400
- Comment
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Coin dated 4th-2nd century BCE
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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BCDPeloponnesos 1121, p. 272 (“very rare“, identified as “Tessera“)
- Comparanda
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Svoronos1912, no. 2112, pl. 7:21:1 (Collection Mavrogordatos)
- Description
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Undersized flan for type.
- Preservation comment
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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)
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1
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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11.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Argos
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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0.9
- Obverse Inscription
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Large Α
- Reverse Inscription
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Large FI within band border
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Classical (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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