KC052 (Early Hellenistic hemiobol from Athens) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
-300
Not before (date)
-307
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Co 688
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 50, p. 44, pl. 5 (J. H. Kroll)
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 22:85-88
Conservation
2008 (June): Bronze corrosion was cleaned mechanically with microairabrasive unit. After cleaning, immersed in solution of Incralac 5% diluted in Toluene for surface protection (Nikol Anastasatou).
Contributor Notes
2024 (October): JLR significantly revised Weir2022.
Preservation description
Wear: aG. Moderate, extensive pitting and abrasion render surface bumpy; moderately chipped edge but breaks rounded. Thick, widespread, green bronze disease on both faces but especially reverse.
Published as
Weir2022, pp. 1127, 1128, no. 808, fig. 23.6 (“Possibly Egypt: Ptolemy III?“)
Axis (1-12)
2
Has denomination
Hemiobol
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
16.5
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
3.33
Obverse Description
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet with crests [and visor]
Reverse Description
Facing owl standing to left within olive wreath (traces)
Reverse Inscription
[ΗΘ]-Α (retrograde)
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph