KC066 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of the Arcadian League) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
-275
Not before (date)
-330
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BCDPeloponnesos 1532–1535, pp. 355-356
Comparanda
BMCPeloponnesus Arcadia 62-64, p. 174, pl. XXXII:14
Comparanda
NemeaIII 1913–1927, pp. 164-165, pl. 23 (R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)
Conservation
2008 (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 P; countermark: F. Heavy attrition and slight, sparse pitting with cratering on both faces; irregular loss of edge to create oval shape; thin crack across reverse. Large patches of brownish green bronze disease.
Published as
Weir2022, p. 1127, no. 803, fig. 23.6
Axis (1-12)
7
Has denomination
Chalkous
Numismatic Authority
Arcadian League
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
21.0
Numismatic Mint
Megalopolis
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.84
Obverse Description
Countermark across hair to face in shallow incuse rectangle (11 mm): ΜⲈ in bold letters (=ΜⲈΓΑΛΟΠΟΛΙⲤ).
Obverse Description
Horned head of Pan to right (traces)
Reverse Description
Large monogram with syrinx below (traces)
Reverse Inscription
ΑΡΚ (in monogram)
Chronology comment
ca. 320s-275 BCE
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Pan (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph