KC078 (Late Classical bronze coin of Corinth) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

-368

Not before (date)

-375

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Comparanda

BCDCorinth 213-216, p. 34

Comparanda

BMCCorinth 472, p. 57, pl. xiv:7

Comparanda

NemeaIII 435–439, p. 97, pls. 9-10 (= Price’s Group 10, Class B; R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac))

Conservation

2009 (July): Cleaned mechanically (Phyllis Graham).

Contributor Notes

2024 (October): JLR revised Wier2022.

Preservation description

Wear: aG/F. Slight, sparse pitting and few small nicks around edge; thick, dark layering of bronze disease around margins.

Published as

Weir2022, p. 1121, no. 784, fig. 23.2

Axis (1-12)

6

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

19.0

Numismatic Mint

Corinth

Numismatic Weight (g)

3.07

Obverse Description

Helmeted head of Athena to left

Reverse Description

Ornamented trident head

Reverse Inscription

ΚΟΡ[ΙΝ-ΘΙΩΝ]

Chronology comment

Dated 375-368? BCE following speculation by M. J. Price cited at NemeaIII, p. 97 n. 298.

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Classical (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph