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- KC087 (Middle-Late Hellenistic tetrachalkon of Megara) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Not after (date)
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-75
- Not before (date)
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-150
- Comment
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JLR slightly revised Weir 2022 (October 2024).
- Logical part of
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Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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Co 680
- Comparanda
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BCDPeloponnesos 33-34, p. 27
- Comparanda
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BMCAttica 15, p. 119
- Comparanda
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McCleanII 5988, pl. 212:4
- Preservation comment
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Wear: F/VG. Extensive, slight to moderate pitting to gouging; slight chipping around edges.
- Published as
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Weir2022, p. 1120, no. 782, fig. 23.1
- Axis (1-12)
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7
- Has denomination
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Tetrachalkon
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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22.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Megara
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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5.58
- Obverse Description
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Laureate head of Apollo to right, hair flowing behind; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
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ΜΕ[ΓΑ]–Ρ̣ΕΩΝ
- Reverse Description
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Kithara with four(?) strings within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
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Traces of magistrate‘s name to right and left of kithara?
- Chronology comment
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Coin dated mid-2nd to early 1st centuries BCE.
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Apollo (Visual Motif)