RPC IV.1, 3439 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 3439 (temporary)
Province Achaea
Region Attica
City Athens
Reign Uncertain
Issue Agora Period VC
Dating 140's or 150's – ca. 175
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bust of Athena wearing aegis, right
Reverse inscription ΑΘΗΝΑΙΩΝ
Edition Ἀθηναίων
Translation of the Athenians
Reverse design Zeus seated, left, holding Nike and long sceptre
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 23 mm
Average weight 7.28 g
Axis 7, 8, 11
Reference Kroll, Agora 263, Svoronos, Athens 92.1–2, BMC 754
Specimens 6 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A Svoronos, Athens 92.1
2 2     L: BMC 754, pl. XVIII.4 NCP, p. 137, pl. BB.IV (rev.) = Svoronos, Athens 92.2, coin no longer in L, exchanged
3 3     Kroll, Agora 263a, pl. 18 = F. Kleiner, Greek and Roman Coins in the Athenian Agora (Princeton, 1975), fig. 20
4 4     L: 1929-5-15-226
5 5     ✸ P: Delepierre
6 6     Mu: 198b (acc. 21577)