Co 263 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of the Epirote League) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

-168

Not before (date)

-234

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Comparanda

Franke1961, p. 214, Gruppe XI, pl. 43

Contributor Notes

2010 (May-June): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Contributor Notes

2022: JLR identified coin after consultation with Alan Walker.

Description

Flan undersized by roughly one-third for type: cut down or disproportionately worn along one edge. Centering dimple on obverse, off-center.

Preservation description

Wear: aG. Extensive, moderate pitting and flaking. Large patches of white bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 55, no. 672 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Roman Imperial“)

Numismatic Authority

Epirote League

Numismatic Weight (g)

3.6

Obverse Description

Head of Zeus wearing taenia to right; within thin dotted border (traces)

Obverse Inscription

Behind head, uncertain monogram

Reverse Description

Thunderbolt within oak wreath tied at left

Reverse Inscription

Above and below thunderbolt, Α[ΠΕΙ|ΡΩΤ]ΑΝ

Diameter

12.0

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph