Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 862 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Euboean Chalcis)

: Co 862 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Euboean Chalcis) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): -308
Not before (date): -338
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: AgoraXXVI 616, pp. 209-210, pl. 25 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda: BMCCentralGreece Chalcis 70-80, pp. 10-11, pl. XX:15
Comparanda: Picard1979, p. 48, no. 15, pl. XI
Contributor Notes: 2017 (May 26): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2024: JLR identified and described coin.
Preservation description: Wear: P+. Snapped off obverse axis 6; extensive, slight pitting to gouging and rare scratching. Wide, thin patches of light bluish green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 17, no. 83 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenistic or Hellenistic”)
Axis (1-12): 12
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 13.0
Numismatic Mint: Chalcis (Euboea)
Numismatic Weight (g): 1.45
Obverse Description: Facing bust of Hera in three-quarters view, wearing diadem with five disks, resting on Ionic column
Reverse Description: Eagle turned to right with wing spread, clutching snake (traces)
Reverse Inscription: Below, [Χ]ΑΛ ; no control visible
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Classical (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Eagle (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Hera/Juno (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Snake (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph