Co 873 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Corinth) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-287
Not before (date)
-303
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BCDCorinth 272, p. 41 (citing Price Class A, Group VII, 77, dated ca. 303-287)
Contributor Notes
2017 (May 26): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Preservation description
Wear: P. Roughly 40% snapped from obverse right and left, with wide chipping and marginal flaking; extensive, slight pitting and rare gouging. Wide, thin film of white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 18, no. 125 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12)
9
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
10.0
Numismatic Mint
Corinth
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.75
Obverse Description
Pegasos flying to left (traces)
Reverse Description
Ornamented trident head
Reverse Inscription
To left, aplustre (traces); to right, Δ (traces)
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Pegasos (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph