RPC IV.1, 8255 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8255 (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 ΑΘΗ(ΝΑΙ)
Edition Ἀθηναί(ων)
Translation of the Athenians
Reverse design Asclepius standing, facing, head, left, holding serpent-staff
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 12 mm
Average weight 1.59 g
Axis 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 216 and 217(2), Svoronos, Athens 98.11–13, BMC 798–800
Specimens 20 (16 in the core collections)

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