Co 2075 (Late Hellenistic bronze coin from Athens) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-39
Not before (date)
-42
Comment
Dated 42/1-39 BCE
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 138, pp. 101-102, pl. 12 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
SvoronosPick19231926 pl. 80:1-7
Contributor Notes
2017 (June 1): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2024: JLR revised identification and description.
Preservation description
Wear: aF. Small part of edge snapped off at obverse top, and remainder slightly nicked; extensive, moderate pitting to cratering. Wide, irregular spots to patches of white and light blue bronze disease on both faces.
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Reduced-AE1
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
16.5
Numismatic Mint
Athens
Numismatic Weight (g)
3.36
Obverse Description
Head of Athena Parthenos to right
Reverse Description
Tripod; to left, poppy; to right, thunderbolt
Reverse Inscription
Upper left and right, Α–Θ[Ε]
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Republican (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Athena/Minerva (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph