Corinth Coin: 1969 280
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1969 280
Title:   Greek Silver Drachma, Chalcis Mint (369 BC - 336 BC)
Year:   1969
Coin Number:   280
Period:   Greek
Material:   AR
Denomination:   Drachma
Mint:   Chalcis
Obverse Type:   Hera head r.; wearing hair in roll
Reverse Legend:   XAL
Reverse Type:   Eagle r.; wings spread; tearing serpent held in talons; kantharos below (?)
Symbol:   letters; kantharos (?)
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   3.11
Weight:   3.11
Diameter:   17
Chronology:   369 BC - 336 BC
Context:   NB443 B133 P59
Findspot Description:   Sacred Spring East; Fill found in room
Excavation date: 5/20/1969
Notebook 443 p.59; Basket 133 (? - in wheelbarrow), NB443 B133 P59, .
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation.
Reference:   MNM 159, pl.IV.70; Brett 1020
Published:   Hesperia 1971, p. 43, 134
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Fisher, Hesperia 40:1, 1971
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