Agora Coin: N 19658
Inventory Number:   N 19658
Section Number:   Ζ-2869
Title:   Greek Coin
ΤΙΤΛΟΣ:   Αθήνα 6ος αι. π.Χ. Δραχμή
Category:   Coin
Description:   Athens, Eupatrid Mint.
Obv. Alcmaeonid wheel.
Rev. Deep incuse square divided by intersecting lines.
ΠΕΡΙΓΡΑΦΗ:   Δραχμή Αθηνών 6ου αιώνα π.Χ.
Notes:   Coin no. 1.
Casts
Context:   Tholos trench S, north extension, layer I.
From floor packing of Archaic building southeast of the Tholos; with sherds of late 6th and early 5th c. B.C.
Obverse:   Wheel with four strutted spokes.
Reverse:   Incuse square divided diagonally.
Notebook Page:   2613, 2625
Negatives:   82-39-14, C 231
Weight:   3.94
Denomination:   Drachm
Die Axis:   -
Material:   Silver
Metal:   Silver
Chronology:   Ca. 550-520 B.C.
Date:   31 May 1938
Section:   Ζ
Deposit:   G-I 11-12
Lot:   Lot Ζ 461
Period:   Greek
Region:   Attica
Authority:   Athens
Bibliography:   AgoraPicBk 15 (1975), fig. 8.
    Agora XXVI, no. 3a, photo.
Published Type:   C.T. Seltman, Athens, Its History and Coinage before the Persian Invasion (Cambridge 1924), p. 158, pl. IV:δ,ε.
    Svoronos (1923), pl. 1:58-59.
References:   Publication: Agora XXVI
Publication: AgoraPicBk 15 (1975)
Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 42, p. 16
Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 365, p. 339
Images (6)
Deposit: G-I 11-12
Lot: Ζ 461
Notebook: Ζ-14
Notebook Page: Ζ-14-38 (pp. 2612-2613)
Notebook Page: Ζ-14-44 (pp. 2624-2625)
Card: Ζ-2869
Card: Ζ-2869