Corinth Coin: 1969 242
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1969 242
Title:   Greek Copper/Bronze Coin, Syracuse Mint (465 BC - 425 BC)
Year:   1969
Coin Number:   242
Period:   Greek
Material:   AE
Mint:   Syracuse
Obverse Legend:   SYRA
Obverse Type:   Arethusa head r. with hair up; dolphin to l.
Reverse Type:   cuttlefish; pellets
Symbol:   dolphin
Weight Description:   3.15
Weight:   3.15
Diameter:   17
Chronology:   465 BC - 425 BC
Context:   NB443 B140 P63
Findspot Description:   Sacred Spring East; Trench 10; Sandy and mud-brick fill
Excavation date: 5/21/1969
NB443 p.63; Basket 140, NB443 B140 P63, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   SNG Cop, 653
Published:   Hesperia 1971, p. 42, 123
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Fisher, Hesperia 40:1, 1971
Image: digital 2010 3047
Image: digital 2010 3048
Image: digital 2010 3049