RPC IV.1, 3461 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3461 (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 advancing, left, brandishing club, carrying cloak, about to hit Minotaur, falling, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 3, 10, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 275, Svoronos, Athens 96.15–16, Cop 343
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Cop: 343 Svoronos, Athens 96.15
2 2     B: 1904/429 (ex Ulrich Köhler) Svoronos, Athens 96.16, authenticity doubtful: cast?
3 3     Kroll, Agora 275a, pl. 18
4 4     Kroll, Agora 275b, not illustrated
5 5     NY: 1944.100.26095