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| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Coin | |
| Name: | 2003 43 | |
| Title: | Greek Copper/Bronze Coin, Gortyna Mint (400 BC - 31 BC) | |
| Year: | 2003 | |
| Coin Number: | 43 | |
| Period: | Greek | |
| Material: | AE | |
| Mint: | Gortyna | |
| Region: | Crete | |
| Provenance Region: | Crete | |
| Obverse Type: | Head of Hermes r., wearing petasos | |
| Reverse Legend: | [ΓΟ]ΡΤΥΝ[---] | |
| Reverse Type: | Βull butting l. on ground line | |
| Axis Clock: | 9 | |
| Weight Description: | 2.25 | |
| Weight: | 2.25 | |
| Diameter: | 14 | |
| Chronology: | 400 BC - 31 BC | |
| Context: | NB939 B81 P165 | |
| Findspot Description: | Panaghia S. 948N, 440.3E, 91.81m e., NB939 B81 P165, . | |
| Area: | Panaghia south | |
| Notes: | If there was a caduceus above bull, no trace has survived. Date is probably late (1st century BCE?) but lack of comparanda makes it hard to be certain. | |
| Reference: | cf. BMC Crete, p. 46 nos. 78-79; Weber II. 4484 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Basket: NB939 B81 P165 Notebook Page: NB 939, spread 87 (pp. 164 - 165) |
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