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Kasolaba, silver coin — Male (CN type 12107)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 420–390 BC

Issuing entity

Kasolaba

Coin in silver struck at Kasolaba, dated c. 420–390 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12107 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of ram, right. Reverse: Male, youthful head, right. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.39 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 6–8 mm (from 4 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910, p. 1282-1283, nr. 2336, pl. CLXIV, pic. 26; Wroth, A catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins of Troas, Aeolis and Lesbos, Bologna 1964, p. 44, nr. 14; Konuk, Kasolaba, a new mint in Karia?, Αθήνα 2009, nr. 4-11.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
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Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Historical context

Kasolaba, also known as Casolaba, was an ancient town in Caria, suggested to have been situated north or northeast of Halicarnassus near the coast, though its precise location remains unknown. The settlement belonged to the Delian League, appearing in the tribute records of Athens between 454/3 and 447/6 BCE paying a phoros of 2500 drachmae. A herald from Kasolaba was later referenced in a 4th-century BCE treaty between Mylasa and Cindye.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Recorded diameter
6–8 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
0.39 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kasolaba
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of ram, right.
Reverse type
Male, youthful 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/12107
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12107

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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