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Kabyle, large denomination (bronze) — Artemis standing left (CN type 11759)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

275–250 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Large denomination (bronze) struck at Kabyle in Thrace, dated 275–250 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 11759 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Artemis standing left, holding patera and torch; at her feet, hound; to right, club. Legend: ΚΑΒΥΛΗΝΟΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 4.59 g (mean of 18 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 17–21 mm (from 13 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Jambol Region. Published references cited by the corpus: Draganov, Monetosečeneto na Kabile, Sofija 1993, p. 155, nr. 100-167, pl. 11-14.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
large denomination (bronze)
Recorded diameter
17–21 mm (from 13 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
4.59 g (mean of 18 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kabyle
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
Reverse type
Artemis standing left, holding patera and torch; at her feet, hound; to right, club.
Reverse legend
ΚΑΒΥΛΗΝΟΝ

Identification

Period
Hellenistic Period
How to identify
Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
Recorded findspots
Jambol Region
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/11759
Type corpus identifier
CN type 11759

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