RPC IV.1, 8212 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8212 (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; in laurel wreath
Reverse inscription ΑΘΗΝΑΙωΝ
Reverse design agonistic table with wreath, head of Athena, right, and owl; beneath table, amphora; to right, palm-branch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 10
Reference Kroll, Agora 184(2), Svoronos, Athens 88.55–6, BMC 719
Specimens 6 (5 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ L: BMC 719, pl. XVII.7 Svoronos, Athens 88.55, electrotype C Leake 3435, European Greece, p. 28.3
2 2     B: 21139 Svoronos, Athens 88.56
3 3     B: I-B
4 4     P: 1057
5 5     O: broken 5.47g
6 6     Boston: 65.740