RPC IV.1, 8189 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8189 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Attica
City Athens
Reign Uncertain
Issue Agora Period VB
Dating c. 120's – 140's (or 150's)
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, left, holding transverse spear, resting arm on hip; to right, shield; to left, olive-tree with owl; between tree and Athena, serpent coiling, right, head between Athena and shield
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 9.46 g
Axis 2, 4, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 173(1), Svoronos, Athens 87.16–17
Specimens 4 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ B: Graf Prokesch-Osten Svoronos, Athens 87.16
2 2     St Petersburg Svoronos, Athens 87.17
3 3     Mu: 201
4 4     G: II, 77, no. 233, pl. 35.8 SNG I, no. 534