Plakia, bronze coin — Lion sitting left (CN type 12789)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
400–300 BC
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin in bronze struck at Plakia in Mysia, dated 400–300 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12789 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of Kybele, left. Reverse: Lion sitting left. Legend: ΠΛΑΚΙ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.07 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 12 mm (from 1 recorded specimen).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Plakia, also known as Placia, was an ancient town in Mysia located on the coast of the Propontis at the foot of the Mysian Olympus, east of Cyzicus. Mysia formed a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor along the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara. Plakia served as the issuing authority for this bronze coinage during the Classical Period between 400 and 300 BC.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 12 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.07 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Plakia
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Kybele, left.
- Reverse type
- Lion sitting left.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΛΑΚΙ
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/12789
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12789
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
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
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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