Koinos (gem cutters)

Koinos ( Greek Κοίνος ) was a Greek gem cutter who worked in the first half of the 2nd century BC. Was active.

Koinos is known from a signature on a sardonyx , on which a hunter is depicted with a lance. The current whereabouts of the stone are unknown. Other stones with his signature turned out to be forgeries.

literature

Britta Gerring: Koinos (II) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 421.
Johannes Sieveking : Koinos 5). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 1, Stuttgart 1921, Sp. 1057.

personal data
SURNAME	Koinos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Κοίνος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek gem cutter
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.