Uncertain mint, Kanites, bronze coin — Torch and grain ear (CN type 12907)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 180–150 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin in bronze under Kanites, dated c. 180–150 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12907 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: ruler).
Obverse: Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath. Reverse: Torch and grain ear. Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΝΙΤΟΥ / ΠΟΛΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 10 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 23 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Stancomb, The William Stancomb collection of coins of the Black Sea region, 2000, nr. 310; o. A., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Greece 7. The KIKPE Collection of Bronze Coins, Volume I, 2012, nr. 384, pl. 38; Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017, p. 293, nr. 1998.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 23 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Issuing authority
- Kanites
Design
- Obverse type
- Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath.
- Reverse type
- Torch and grain ear.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΝΙΤΟΥ / ΠΟΛΥ
Identification
- Period
- 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.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12907
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12907
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Research required
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 310
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 384, pl. 38
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 293, nr. 1998
Research required
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