Inventory Number: | IL 171 | |
Section Number: | Π 292 | |
Title: | Lead Token | |
Category: | Iron & Lead | |
Description: | Obverse : Helios, rising, in his chariot. His figure standing front, facing left, is seen between the two middle horses, galloping right and left respectively. In his left hand the reins, in his right hand the whip. Beaded edge. Plain exergue. Reverse : Selene, driving her two weary horses* left. She holds the reins in her left hand, her right arm raised (?). In the field a star, in the exergue another. * these animals may be panthers; cf. Schroeder (1914), Bronzeeimer, Winckelmannsfeste 74, pl. III, where on a bronze situla, there is a Nike in chariot drawn by panthers. | |
Context: | Soft fill above burnt fill. | |
Handling: | in zip lock bag in conservation with gloves | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
Dimensions: | Diam. 0.02; Th. 0.003; Wt. 7.21 | |
Material: | Lead | |
Date: | 2 April 1935 | |
Section: | Π | |
Grid: | Π:10-16/ΜΗ-Ν | |
Bibliography: | Agora X, p. 119, pl. (30), no. L 312. | |
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:Schroeder (1914), pl. III. | |
References: | Publication: Agora X Image: 2017.12.0011 Image: 2017.12.0012 Notebook: ΚΚ-4 Notebook Page: ΚΚ-4-80 (pp. 749-750) Card: IL 171 |