Co 788 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-270
Not before (date)
-284
Comment
Dated ca. 284-270s BCE
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Co 904
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 55a-c, p. 45, pl. 6 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 103:23, 27
Contributor Notes
2017 (May 24): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2024: JLR revised identification and description.
Preservation description
Wear: P+. Slightly chipped edge at obverse axis 2; extensive, slight pitting and rare scratching. Thin patches of light blue bronze disease across both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 16, no. 81 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenistic and Hellenistic”)
Axis (1-12)
9
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
14.0
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.75
Obverse Description
Triptolemos seated to left on winged chariot pulled by snakes (traces)
Reverse Description
Piglet standing to right on slender mystic staff within [wheat] wreath
Reverse Inscription
Below figure, Ε̣[ΛΕΥΣΙ]
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Person (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Pig or Wild Boar (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Religious Symbol or Object (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph