Co 2011 (Middle-Late Hellenistic bronze coin of Megara) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

-1

Not before (date)

-200

Comment

Dated 2nd-1st century BC

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

AgoraXXVI 649, p. 218 (J. Kroll)

Comparanda

BMCAttica Megara 44-45, p. 122, pl. XXI:15-16

Contributor Notes

2014 (June 6): R. Weir studied and described, without reference in KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: P. Roughly 10% snapped off from obverse upper left; extensively delaminated surfaces, with moderate pitting and gouging. Wide, thin areas of white and pale blue to pale green bronze disease.

Axis (1-12)

1

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

15.0

Numismatic Mint

Megara

Numismatic Weight (g)

1.51

Obverse Description

Laureate head to right Apollo; within dotted border (traces)

Reverse Description

Lyre within dotted border (traces)

Reverse Inscription

M–[E]

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Apollo (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph