RPC IV.1, 8200 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8200 (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 (around)
Reverse design Themistokles standing on galley, left, wearing military dress, holding wreath and trophy; galley with helmsman; on ram, serpent; on prow, owl
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 9, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 182(2), Svoronos, Athens 97.10, Cop 344
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ C McClean II, 5966, pl. 211.13 = Svoronos, Athens 97.10
2 2     Kroll, Agora 182b, pl. 16
3 3     Kroll, Agora 182c, pl. 16 = F. Kleiner, Greek and Roman Coins in the Athenian Agora (Princeton, 1975), fig. 20
4 4     Cop: 344
5 5     P: Delepierre, obverse with signs of tooling