Agora Coin: N 53175
Inventory Number:   N 53175
Section Number:   ΠΠ-1100
Category:   Coin
Description:   Obv. Head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet.
Rev. Athena, holding spear and shield in right hand standing to left of olive tree around which serpents; on right Poseidon, right fot on rock, holding dolphin (9?) in right hand, upright trident in left.
Nb.p. 2400j.
Notes:   Coin no. 1.
CASTS
Context:   South House, Room 12, earth floor.
Obverse:   Head or bust of Athena r., rarely l., wearing Corinthian, Attic, or composite helmet, often highly varied in style. She occasionally wears a necklace. If a head, truncation is either bare or with slight drapery; if a bust, it may be heavily draped or armored with aegis; border of dots.
Reverse:   ΑΘΗ (in ex.)
Olive tree entwined with snake, owl perched r. in branches; at l., Athena standing r., l. hand pointing to r., and r. holding spear and resting on profile shield; at r., Poseidon standing l., r. foot on rock, holding trident (head downwards?) in upraised l. hand and dolphin (?) in r. Border of dots.
Notebook Page:   2400
Weight:   4.03
Denomination:   Drachm
Material:   Bronze
Metal:   Bronze
Chronology:   Ca. 264-267 A.D.
Date:   2 June 1956
Section:   ΠΠ
Grid:   ΠΠ:8/ΙΘ
Deposit:   B 15:5
Period:   Greek
Region:   Attica
Authority:   Athens
Bibliography:   Agora XXVI, no. 355 a, photo.
Published Type:   Svoronos (1923), pl. 89:16-18.
    NCP, Z:xvii.
References:   Publication: Agora XXVI
Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 182, p. 156
Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 373, p. 347
Image: 2012.73.0628 (82-21-24)
Deposit: B 15:5
Notebook: ΠΠ-12
Card: ΠΠ-1100
Card: ΠΠ-1100