Co 400 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of the Locrian League) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-300

Not before (date)

-338

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Cited by

Walker1980, p. 219 (rev. KenchreaiIII)

Comparanda

AgoraXXVI 581, p. 202, pl. 25 (J. Kroll)

Comparanda

BMCCentralGreece Locris 57-68, pp. 7-8

Contributor Notes

2013 (November 30): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: P/G. Slightly chipped edge; extensive, slight pitting and fissuring. Wide, thin film of white to pale green bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 28, no. 282 (R. Hohlfelder identified it “Uncertain, Greek Imperial”)

Axis (1-12)

12

Numismatic Authority

Locrian League

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

13.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.62

Obverse Description

Helmeted head of Athena to right

Reverse Description

Grape cluster

Reverse Inscription

[ΛΟΚ–Ρ]Ω̣Ν̣

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Classical (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph