Corinth Coin: 1972 96
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1972 96
Title:   Coin, Achaean League Mint
    Greek Silver Hemidrachma of the Achaean League, Patras Mint (86 BC)
Year:   1972
Coin Number:   96
Period:   Greek
Material:   AR
Denomination:   Hemidrachma
Mint:   Achaean League
    Patras
Dynasty:   Achaean League
Comments:   card not on file
Obverse Type:   Zeus head r.; laureate
Reverse Legend:   LX above, A to left, PA to right
Reverse Type:   AX monogram in wreath, dolphin below
Symbol:   letters; laurel; dolphin
Axis Clock:   0
    9
Weight Description:   1.86
Weight:   1.86
Diameter:   18
Chronology:   86 BC
Context:   Forum southwest
Findspot Description:   Forum Southwest, Forum southwest, .
    Forum SW; Grid 63H; Fill by rubble wall
Excavation date: 4/14/1972
Notebook 544, p.13; Basket 4, .
Area:   Forum southwest
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Redating to Sullan period based on Warren 1999, 376-7. In study collection.
Reference:   Clerk 1895, 71 (misread); BMC 40; Ag.Hd. Pl.XLIII, 562; BCD 206, no. 506
Published:   Hesperia 1973, p. 42, 75
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams, et al. Hesperia 42:1, 1973
Images (6)
Basket: Forum southwest