RPC IV.1, 8229 (temporary)

 

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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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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Mu: 196a (acc. 22111) Svoronos, Athens 97.20, on prow, head of Athena instead of owl
2 2     A Svoronos, Athens 97.21, on prow, head of Athena instead of owl, in water, fish
3 3     B: 1904/429 (ex Ulrich Köhler) Svoronos, Athens 97.22
4 4     V: GR 12987 Svoronos, Athens 97.23
5 5     ✸ L: BMC 789, pl. XIX.2 Svoronos, Athens 97.24 = Svoronos, Athens 97.25, electrotype C Leake 3434, European Greece, p. 28.2
6 6     Kroll, Agora 183a, pl. 16
7 7     B: Löbb, authenticity doubtful: cast?
8 8     Cop: 319
9 9     Mu: 196, broken, 7.11g, on prow, head of Athena instead of owl, in water, fish
10 10     Mu: 198
11 11     NY: 1948.4.74, broken, 7.61g
12 12     Cop SNG suppl. 262
13 13     Bochum: M 1360