RPC IV.1, 8191 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8191 (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 bust of Athena wearing necklace and aegis, right; (over shoulder, transverse spear); all in laurel wreath
Reverse inscription ΑΘΗ((ΝΑΙ)ωΝ)
Edition Ἀθηναίων
Translation of the Athenians
Reverse design contest between Poseidon and Athena: to left, nude Poseidon advancing, right, brandishing trident; to right, Athena advancing, left, extending arm, holing spear and shield; between, olive-tree entwined by serpent; in branches, owl
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.31 g
Axis 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 174, Svoronos, Athens 89.1–10, BMC 708 and 710
Specimens 26 (21 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: alter Bestand Svoronos, Athens 89.1
2 2     B: 1900/429 (ex Ulrich Köhler) Svoronos, Athens 89.2
3 3     V: GR 12983 Svoronos, Athens 89.3
4 4     Ex private coll. Philipsen = Svoronos, Athens 89.4
5 5     V: GR 12984 Svoronos, Athens 89.5
6 6     Ex private coll. Rhousopoulos = NCP, p. 130, no. 4, pl. Z.XI (rev.) = Svoronos, Athens 89.6
7 7     L: BMC 708 Svoronos, Athens 89.7
8 8     B: 1904/429 (ex Ulrich Köhler) Svoronos, Athens 89.8
9 9     B: (Löbb) NCP, p. 130, no. 4, pl. Z.XIV (rev.) = Svoronos, Athens 89.9
10 10     P: 1072 Svoronos, Athens 89.10
11 11     Kroll, Agora 174a, pl. 16
12 12     P: 1071
13 13     ✸ P: 1073
14 14     P: Delepierre
15 15     L: BMC 710
16 16     L: 1920-8-5-592
17 17     L: 1929-5-15-236
18 18     V: GR 12985
19 19     B: Fox, worn
20 20     B: Graf Prokesch-Osten
21 21     B: (Löbb)
22 22     B: I-B
23 23     C: Leake 3433, European Greece, p. 28.1
24 24     O
25 25     Triton 5 (15/01/2002), 363, obverse with transverse spear
26 26     Boston: 62.373