Co 1304 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin of Athens) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-270
Not before (date)
-270
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 56, p. 46, pl. 6
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926, pl. 22:76, 77
Contributor Notes
2012 (December 3): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2023: JLR identified coin.
Preservation description
Wear: aG/P. Long segments snapped off and deep marginal chipping; extensive, slight pitting to gouging and flaking especially reverse. Wide areas of white bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 82, no. 1309 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Illegible“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
15.5
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.74
Obverse Description
Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet
Reverse Description
Owl standing right but head facing; to lower right, wreath
Reverse Inscription
Above figure, to right and left, [Α]|Θ̣-Ε̣
Chronology comment
Dated ca. 270 BCE
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph