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Gambrion, bronze coin — Star with twelve rays (CN type 12606)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 350–300 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Gambrion in Mysia, dated c. 350–300 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12606 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Star with twelve rays. Legend: ΓΑΜ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.81 g (mean of 45 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 15–18.8 mm (from 39 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, nr. 420, pl. 7, pic. 5-7; Wroth, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Mysia., London 1892, p. 62, nr. 2-4, pl. 15, pic. 7; Ashton et al., Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: England. Vol. 5 Pt. 9: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bosporus - Aeolis, New York 2007, nr. 619-623, pl. 25, pic. 619-623; Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942, nr. 146-148, pl. 4, pic. 146-147; Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001, nr. 908-921, pl. 47, pic. 908-921.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
15–18.8 mm (from 39 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.81 g (mean of 45 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Gambrion
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
Reverse type
Star with twelve rays.
Reverse legend
ΓΑΜ

Identification

Period
Classical/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. 2 closely related CN types with the same mint, denomination and design are consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12606
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12606

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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 19751

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΓΑΜ); dated c. 350–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 20579

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΓΑΜ); dated c. 350–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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