KC066 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of the Arcadian League with countermark) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

-275

Not before (date)

-330

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

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