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Kebren, silver coin — Eagle standing left (CN type 12072)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 360–334 BC

Issuing entity

Troas

Coin in silver struck at Kebren in Troas, dated c. 360–334 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12072 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Attic helmet. Reverse: Eagle standing left, wings closed, head right. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.5 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 14–15 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910, p. 1283-1284, nr. 2341, pl. CLXIV, pic. 30.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
3
Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Historical context

This silver coin was struck between c. 360 and 334 BC at Kebren in Troas. Cebrene was an ancient Greek city situated in the middle Skamander valley within the Troad region of Anatolia, located on Çal Dağ in the forested foothills of Mount Ida. In Greek mythology, the settlement was supposedly named after the river-god Cebren.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Recorded diameter
14–15 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.5 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kebren
Region
Troas
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Athena, right, wearing Attic helmet.
Reverse type
Eagle standing left, wings closed, head right.

Identification

Period
Classical 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.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12072
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12072

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

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