Plakia, bronze (CN type 12783)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
400-300 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Plakia in Mysia dated 400-300 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12783. Obverse: Turreted head of Cybele, right. Reverse: Lion standing right, devouring its prey; beneath a grain ear.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 10–13.1 mm (from 15 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.49 g (mean of 25 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Plakia
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Turreted head of Cybele, right.
- Reverse type
- Lion standing right, devouring its prey; beneath a grain ear.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΛΑΚΙΑ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12783
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12783
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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. 545
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1079-1087
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 2378-2382
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution