Co 1055 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Demeterios Poliorketes) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

-283

Not before (date)

-300

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Comparanda

Newell1927, p. 151, no. 171, pl. XVII.10 (“… Mint in Caria(?)”)

Comparanda

sim. AgoraXXVI 505, p. 188, pl. 24 (“Carian mint? after 300 B.C.“; J. Kroll)

Contributor Notes

2017 (May 29): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Contributor Notes

2024: JLR clarified identification.

Preservation description

Wear: VF. Slightly nicked and chipped edge; extensive, minute to slight pitting. Speckling of white and pale blue bronze disease on obverse.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 13, no. 34 (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

9

Numismatic Authority

Demetrius I Poliorcetes (king of Macedon, 294-288 BCE)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

15.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

2.58

Obverse Description

Laureate head of Poseidon to right

Reverse Description

Ship‘s prow to right; at right, dolphin; below, uncertain monogram

Reverse Inscription

Above, ΒΑ

Belongs to Historical Period

Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Dolphin (Visual Motif)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Poseidon/Neptune (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph