RPC IV.1, 8229 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8229 (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 ΑΘΗ (in field, may be retrograde)
Edition Ἀθη(ναίων)
Translation of the Athenians
Reverse design Themistokles standing on galley, right, wearing military dress, holding trophy and wreath; on ram, serpent; on prow and owl; (in water, fish)
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 25 mm
Average weight 10.15 g
Axis 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 183, Svoronos, Athens 97.20–5, BMC 789, Cop 319
Specimens 13 (10 in the core collections)

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