RPC IV.1, 3427 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3427 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Attica
City Athens
Reign Uncertain
Issue Agora Period VC
Dating 140's or 150's – ca. 175
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Athena (with traces of drapery), right
Reverse inscription ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Reverse design Athena advancing, right, head, left, extending right arm, carrying shield and transverse spear; to left, olive-tree entwined by serpent; to right, owl standing, right
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Axis 2, 3, 10, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 255(2), Svoronos, Athens 85.32–4
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ex private coll. J. Hirsch = Svoronos, Athens 85.32
2 2     A Svoronos, Athens 85.33
3 3     B: I-B Svoronos, Athens 85.34
4 4     Kroll, Agora 255a, pl. 18
5 5     ✸ L: 1920-8-5-615
6 6     L: 1929-5-15-147
7 7     P: 1023, reverse legend obscure
8 8     Mu: 216
9 9     B: 1923/57 (gift of Meyerhof)
10 10     B: (Löbb)