Co 2030 (Middle-Late Hellenistic bronze coin from Megara) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-1
Not before (date)
-200
Comment
Coin dated 2nd-1st century BCE
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. Deeply chipped edge, almost to a ragged state; extensive, slight pitting.
Axis (1-12)
6
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
17.0
Numismatic Mint
Megara
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.5
Obverse Description
Laureate(?) head of Apollo(?) to right; within dotted border (traces)
Reverse Description
Lyre within dotted border (traces)
Reverse Inscription
M-∃
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
Reverse Photograph