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Priapos, bronze coin — Shrimp (CN type 12937)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 325–275 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Priapos in Mysia, dated c. 325–275 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12937 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Shrimp, right. Legend: ΠΡΙΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.18 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 12 mm (from 5 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Ashton et al., Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: England. Vol. 5 Pt. 9: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bosporus - Aeolis, New York 2007, nr. 945, pl. XXXVII, pic. 945; o. A., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Greece 7. The KIKPE Collection of Bronze Coins, Volume I, 2012, nr. 770; Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001, nr. 2404, pl. 126, pic. 2404.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
10
Photograph views
3
Catalogue references
3

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Historical context

Priapos, also known in ancient Greek as Πρίαπος or Priapus, was the ancient name of Karabiga, situated in the Biga District of Çanakkale Province, Turkey. The settlement was established at the mouth of the Biga River, on a small east-facing inlet known as Karabiga Bay. During the Hellenistic Period, the city served as an issuing authority producing coinage in bronze.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
12 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.18 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Priapos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
Reverse type
Shrimp, right.
Reverse legend
ΠΡΙΑ

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. 2 closely related CN types with the same mint, denomination and design are consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12937
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12937

Documentation checklist

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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
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 19705

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΠΡΙΑΠΗΝΩΝ); dated c. 325–275 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 21434

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΠΡΙΑΠΗΝΩΝ); dated c. 325–275 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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