RPC IV.1, 8239 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #8

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8239 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Attica
City Athens
Reign Uncertain
Issue Agora Periods VB and C
Dating c. 120–175
Obverse inscription
Obverse design head of Athena (with traces of drapery), right
Reverse inscription ΑΘΗΝΑΙ(ΩΝ)
Reverse design Demeter standing in biga drawn by winged serpents, left, holding ears of corn and torch
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 17 mm
Axis 3, 4, 8, 11
Reference Kroll, Agora 206(1) corr., Svoronos, Athens 94.22 and 41, BMC 744
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A Svoronos, Athens 94.22
2 2     Ex private coll. J. Solon = Svoronos, Athens 94.41
3 3     Kroll, Agora 206a, pl. 17
4 4     L: BMC 744, pl. XVII.11
5 5     L: 1920-8-5-658
6 6     L: 1920-8-5-659
7 7     L: 1929-5-15-216
8 8     ✸ P: 1118
9 9     B: 8822, broken, 3.23g
10 10     B: (Löbb)