Co 1295 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Phocian League) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Is Part Of
Coin Finds
Not after (date)
-275
Not before (date)
-325
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Cited by
Walker1980, p. 219 (rev. KenchreaiIII)
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 588, p. 203, pl. 25 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
BMCCentralGreece Phocis 66-75, p. 20, pl. III:17
Comparanda
Picard1984, pp. 283-284, 286, no. 9, fig. 2 (Corycian Cave)
Contributor Notes
2012 (December 3): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2024: JLR refined identification.
Preservation description
Wear: G. Moderately nicked edge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting with rare cratering and gouging. Wide areas of white bronze disease.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 17, no. 87 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenic and Hellenistic“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Numismatic Authority
Phocian League
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
15.0
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.74
Obverse Description
Facing head of Athena turned slightly to left, wearing tripled crested helmet
Reverse Description
Olive wreath tied below
Reverse Inscription
Φ
Chronology comment
Late 4th-early 3rd century BC
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph