RPC IV.1, 8185 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 8185 (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 ΑΘΗΝΑΙωΝ
Reverse design Athena Parthenos standing, left, holding Nike (over bucranium), resting arm on shield; next to shield, upright spear; between Athena and shield, serpent coiling, left
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 24 mm
Axis 6, 10, 12
Reference Kroll, Agora 169(2) and 170, Svoronos, Athens 82.3–4, BMC 688
Specimens 9 (4 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     A Svoronos, Athens 82.3
2 2     St Petersburg Svoronos, Athens 82.4
3 3     Kroll, Agora 169a, pl. 16, pierced, 10.32g, worn, on obv., laurel wreath uncertain, reverse legend obscure
4 4     Kroll, Agora 170, pl. 16, on obv., laurel wreath uncertain
5 5     ✸ L: BMC 688, on obverse, laurel wreath uncertain
6 6     L: 1929-5-15-153
7 7     B: (Löbb)
8 8     C: Burkitt 1190, worn
9 9     Boston: 65.741