Co 604 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Corinth) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

-287

Not before (date)

-303

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Comparanda

BCDCorinth 270, p. 41 (citing Price Class A, Group VII, 75, dated ca. 303-287)

Contributor Notes

2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Contributor Notes

2023: JLR clarified identification.

Preservation description

Wear: aF. Chipped and nicked edge; widepread pitting and flaking. Patches of white and light blue bronze corrosion.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 17, no. 96 (R. Hohlfelder)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

11.0

Numismatic Mint

Corinth

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.27

Obverse Description

Pegasos flying to left

Obverse Inscription

Below, Ϙ (traces)

Reverse Description

Ornamented trident head; to left, empty field; to right, double-headed axe

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Pegasos (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph