KC032 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin, Anonymous Macedonian royal issue) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

-300

Not before (date)

-325

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Comparanda

Co 548

Comparanda

NemeaIII 1992–1995, p. 172, pl. 27 (R. C. Knapp and J. MacIsaac)

Comparanda

Price1991, pp. 393–394, 3158–3162, pl. 150

Comparanda

SNGCopMac3 1122-1126, pl. 29

Conservation

2007 (July): Bronze corrosion was cleaned mechanically with microairabrasive unit. After cleaning, immersed in solution of Incralac 5% diluted in Toluene for surface protection (Nikol Anastasatou).

Preservation description

Wear: F/F+. Very slight surficial cracking.

Published as

Weir2022, pp. 1119, 1120, no. 778, fig. 23.1

Axis (1-12)

1

Has denomination

Dichalkon

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

15.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

3.94

Obverse Description

Macedonian shield with facing gorgoneion on central roundel

Reverse Description

Macedonian helmet with spreading plume and hanging cheekguards; lower left and right, caduceus-uncertain monogram

Reverse Inscription

To upper left and right, Β-[Α]

Explanation of deposition

Residual in Byzantine-Modern colluvium and topsoil over central slope.

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Weaponry and Armor (Visual Motif)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRC0703-002

Location in unit

Over bedrock in central trench.

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph