Agora Coin: N 7181
Inventory Number:   N 7181
Section Number:   ΒΔ-437
Category:   Coin
Description:   Plated bronze counterfeit tetradrachm. No silver preserved; disfigured by deep chisel cuts and corrosion. The large size of the owl precludes attribution to any pre-480 B.C. owl series. Type as Agora XXVI, nos. 9, 16, or 23.
Notes:   Coin no. 437.
Casts stored in Lab Case no. 52B.
Lot ΒΔ 203?
Context:   Greek House δ, Room 6 (Tunnel), Layer "8" or "9" or "10" (found by shovelman in fill from that room).
Obverse:   Head of Athena.
Reverse:   Owl standing r., with olive branch.
Notebook Page:   510, 648
Negatives:   82-39-6
Weight:   8.43
Denomination:   Tetradrachm (Plated Counterfeit)
Die Axis:   10:30
Material:   Silver
Metal:   Silver
Chronology:   5th - 3rd c. B.C.
Date:   17 June 1971
Section:   ΒΔ
Period:   Greek
Region:   Attica
Authority:   Athens
Bibliography:   Agora XXVI, no. 26, photo.
References:   Publication: Agora XXVI
Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 48, p. 22
Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 363, p. 337
Image: 2004.05.0101 (82-39-06)
Image: 2012.73.1010 (82-39-6)
Card: ΒΔ-437