Co 207 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Euboean Chalcis) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-31
Not before (date)
-44
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
RPC I, 1343
Comparanda
BMCCentralGreece Euboea: Chalcis 89, p. 115, pl. XXI:4
Comparanda
Picard1979, pp. 122-123, no. 94, pl. XXII (Augustan-Neronian)
Contributor Notes
2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2023: JLR updated identification.
Preservation description
Wear: VG/F. Slight chipping around edges and flaking over faces. Faint inicipient bronze disease.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 19, no. 230 (R. Hohlfelder published as “Greek Catalogue … Corinth under Roman rule … Uncertain”)
Axis (1-12)
12
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
24.0
Numismatic Issuer
Theocles Pausaniou (magistrate at Hellenistic Chalcis)
Numismatic Mint
Chalcis (Euboea)
Numismatic Weight (g)
6.17
Obverse Description
Hera with upraised right arm holding scepter and left hand holding reins stands in quadriga right
Obverse Inscription
Above and below, ΧΑ̣Λ̣Κ̣[Ι|ΔΕΩΝ]
Reverse Inscription
Within thick laurel wreath, ΘΕΟ|Κ[Λ]Η̣Σ | [ΠΑΥΣ]Α̣|Ν̣Ι̣Ο̣Υ̣
Chronology comment
A. Burnett, M. Amandry, and P. P. Ripollès (RPC I.1, p. 269): “a date in the Triumviral period, under Antony, appears likely” [sc. rather than early 1st century BCE or Early Imperial].
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Hera/Juno (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Horse or Donkey (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph