Co 2075 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin from Athens) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-39
Not before (date)
-42
Comment
Coin dated 42/1-39 BC
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 138, pp. 101-102, pl. 12 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926 pl. 80:1-7
Preservation comment
Wear: aF. Small part of edge snapped off at obverse top, and remainder slightly nicked; extensive, moderate pitting to cratering. Wide, irregular spots to patches of white and light blue bronze disease on both faces.
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Reduced-AE1
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
16.5
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
3.36
Obverse Description
Head of Athena Parthenos to right
Reverse Description
Tripod; to left, poppy; to right, thunderbolt
Reverse Inscription
Upper left and right, Α–Θ[Ε]
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph
Suggested citation
“Co 2075 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin from Athens).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co2075>