Apollonia Pontike, tetrobol (hemisiglos) (CN type 12925)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
4. Jh. v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetrobol (hemisiglos) in silver struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace dated 4. Jh. v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12925. Obverse: Gorgoneion, tongue protruding, serpents forming curls framing head. Reverse: Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetrobol (hemisiglos)
- Recorded diameter
- 12–16 mm (from 31 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.78 g (mean of 47 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia Pontike
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Gorgoneion, tongue protruding, serpents forming curls framing head.
- Reverse type
- Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.
- Reverse legend
- Α
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Varna (Варна), Varna Region, Obročišče (Оброчище), Ruen (Руен), Medovec (Медовец), Obzor (Обзор), Văglen (Въглен), Batova Fluss
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12925
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12925
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. 456-458
Research required
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