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Teuthrania, bronze coin — Head of satrap right (CN type 12941)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 400–399 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Teuthrania in Mysia, dated c. 400–399 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12941 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Apollo with taenia to left. Reverse: Head of satrap right, wearing kyrbasia. Legend: ΤΕΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.95 g (mean of 14 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 9–11 mm (from 13 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Bergama (Pergamum). Published references cited by the corpus: Mannsperger, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Münzsammlung der Universität Tübingen. 4. Mysien - Ionien. Nr. 2174-3306, München 1989, nr. 2502; Ashton et al., Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: England. Vol. 5 Pt. 9: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bosporus - Aeolis, New York 2007, nr. 947; o. A., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Greece 7. The KIKPE Collection of Bronze Coins, Volume I, 2012, nr. 771; Tekin and Özdizbay, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. 9, Volume 3: Turkey. The Özkan Arıkantürk collection. Mysia, İstanbul 2020, nr. 1151.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Teuthrania was an ancient Greek town in the region of Mysia in northwest Anatolia, situated on the river Caicus near Pergamon. In c. 486 BCE, Persian king Darius I had granted the settlement, alongside Pergamon and Halisarna, to the Spartan king Demaratus. By around 399 BCE, Xenophon records that Teuthrania and Pergamum were delivered by their rulers to the Spartan Thimbron, who sought to liberate Greek colonies from Persian rule.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
9–11 mm (from 13 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
0.95 g (mean of 14 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Teuthrania
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Apollo with taenia to left.
Reverse type
Head of satrap right, wearing kyrbasia.
Reverse legend
ΤΕΥ

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. 1 closely related CN type with the same mint, denomination and design is consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Recorded findspots
Bergama (Pergamum)
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12941
Type corpus identifier
CN type 12941

Documentation checklist

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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 23840

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΤΕΥ); dated c. 400–399 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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