RPC IV.1, 8243 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8243 (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 nude Theseus advancing, left, brandishing club, carrying cloak
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 19 mm
Axis 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 208(1) and 209, Svoronos, Athens 96.20–1 and 26, BMC 769
Specimens 14 (10 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     B: ex coll. Beger Svoronos, Athens 96.26, pierced, 4.89g, obverse inscribed with ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟС?, authenticity doubtful: cast?
2 2     B: 1904/429 (ex Ulrich Köhler) Svoronos, Athens 96.20
3 3     Ex private coll. J. Solon = Svoronos, Athens 96.21
4 4     Kroll, Agora 209a, pl. 17
5 5     Kroll, Agora 209b, not illustrated
6 6     L: BMC 769, pl. XVIII.11
7 7     L: 1920-8-5-643
8 8     L: 1920-8-5-645
9 9     P: 1098
11 11     Mu: 235b
12 12     V: GR 13029
13 13     B: 1919/1159 Hirsch 29 (1910), 479
14 14     B: (Fox)
15 15     ✸ T. Mullally coll.