RPC IV.1, 3452 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3452 (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 nude Theseus (or Heracles?) standing, left, holding patera, resting arm on club
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 8, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 272, Svoronos, Athens 95.8, Cop 355
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Cop: 355 Svoronos, Athens 95.8
2 2     Kroll, Agora 272a, pl. 18
3 3     Kroll, Agora 272b, not illustrated
4 4     Ex private coll. Rhousopoulos = NCP, p. 148, pl. DD.XIII (rev.), rev. legend obscure
5 5     ✸ L: 1920-8-5-660, reverse legend obscure
6 6     B: 1904/429 (ex Ulrich Köhler)