RPC IV.1, 8194 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8194 (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
Reverse inscription ΑΘΗΝΑΙωΝ
Reverse design in centre, Triptolemus standing in biga drawn by serpents, left, holding long torch; to left, Demeter standing, right, holding long torch and ears of corn; to right, Persephone standing, left, holding long torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Axis 4, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 177, Svoronos, Athens 94.2–6, Cop 316
Specimens 6 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Parma NCP, p. 141, pl. BB.XXIV (rev.) = Svoronos, Athens 94.2
2 2     Ex private coll. Rhousopoulos = Svoronos, Athens 94.3
3 3     ✸ B: Graf Prokesch-Osten Svoronos, Athens 94.4
4 4     Ex private coll. J. Hirsch = Svoronos, Athens 94.5, reverse legend obscure
5 5     Mu: 231a (acc. 22108) Svoronos, Athens 94.6, reverse legend obscure
6 6     Cop: 316