RPC IV.1, 3435 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #6

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3435 (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
Edition Ἀθηναίων
Translation of the Athenians
Reverse design Athena standing in galloping biga, right, brandishing spear, holding shield; below horses to right, giant emerging from earth, about to throw rock
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.66 g
Axis 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 260, Svoronos, Athens 88.8–9, BMC 706
Specimens 8 (5 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Ex private coll. G. Baltatzi = Svoronos, Athens 88.8
2 2     Ex private coll. Earle Fox = Svoronos, Athens 88.9
3 3     Kroll, Agora 260a, pl. 18
4 4     L: BMC 706, broken, 7.62g, obverse perhaps without traces of drapery
5 5     NY: 1944.100.26174
6 6     ✸ NY: 1944.100.26175
7 7     B: (Fox)
8 8     B: (Löbb)