Ancient Greek coin – HCR42288

Obverse

Inscription:

ΚΑΜΑΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ

Design:

Head of river-god, youthful, horned, left, wearing head-band

Design:

Aphrodite riding on swan, left, holding drapery; waves around inside of linear border

Period

Greek

Mint

Camarina

Denomination

Didrachm

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

415 BC – 405 BC (According to IRIS)

Note

G. E. Rizzo, Monete greche della Sicilia (Roma, 1946), pl. vii, 5, illustrates this coin, but gives the provenance as Acireale

Weight (g)

8.41

Axis

Diameter (mm)

23.3

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1941

Source

Sir Arthur Evans

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.

Reference

Note:

http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org/ ID: SNGuk_0502_1700

Reference

IRIS : http://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/camarina.westermark_jenkins_1980.158-166

Reference

Contributors to this coin record