Uncertain mint, Adaios, bronze coin — Club (CN type 12951)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 275–250 BC
Issuing entity
Adaios' RealmCoin in bronze under Adaios, dated c. 275–250 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 12951 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: ruler).
Obverse: Head of bearded Heracles, right, wearing lion skin. Reverse: Club, right. Legend: ΑΔΑΙΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 5.25 g (mean of 113 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 15–21 mm (from 112 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Kabyle (Кабиле), Stryme, Maroneia, Seuthopolis, Tekirdağ, Gelibolu, Çanakkale Province. Published references cited by the corpus: Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943, nr. 1183; Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021, nr. 907, 1277, 1415; Evelpidis, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Grèce Collection Rèna A. Evelpidis. Athènes, Louvain 1970, nr. 1457; Lindgren, Ancient Greek bronze coins: European mints from the Lindgren collection, San Mateo Calif 1989, p. 63, nr. 1335, pl. 63; Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993, nr. 329-330; and further titles.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 7
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 6
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15–21 mm (from 112 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.25 g (mean of 113 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Issuing authority
- Adaios
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of bearded Heracles, right, wearing lion skin.
- Reverse type
- Club, right.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΔΑΙΟΥ
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.
- Recorded findspots
- Kabyle (Кабиле), Stryme, Maroneia, Seuthopolis, Tekirdağ, Gelibolu, Çanakkale Province
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12951
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12951
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. 1183
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 907, 1277, 1415
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1457
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 63, nr. 1335, pl. 63
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 329-330
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 184, nr. 3.3, pic. 3.3
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