Pitane, tetrachalkon (CN type 12774)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 350-200 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Mysiatetrachalkon in bronze struck at Pitane in Mysia dated ca. 350-200 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12774. Obverse: Head of Zeus Ammon in three-quarter view facing right. Reverse: Serpent coiling around omphalos.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- tetrachalkon
- Recorded diameter
- 16.7–17.4 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.28 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Pitane
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Zeus Ammon in three-quarter view facing right.
- Reverse type
- Serpent coiling around omphalos.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΙΤΑΝΑΙΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12774
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12774
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 537
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution