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Samothrake, bronze coin — Cybele enthroned left (CN type 13153)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 168–80 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Samothrake in Thrace, dated c. 168–80 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 13153 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Cybele enthroned left, wearing a polos, holding patera in outstretched right hand and pelleted sceptre in left arm. Legend: ΣΑΜΟ ΤΕΙΣΙΚ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.21 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 16–19 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Hoover and Ashton, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus): Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster 2010, p. 74, nr. 321; 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. 1000.

Evidence at a glance

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Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
16–19 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.21 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Samothrake
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
Reverse type
Cybele enthroned left, wearing a polos, holding patera in outstretched right hand and pelleted sceptre in left arm.
Reverse legend
ΣΑΜΟ ΤΕΙΣΙΚ

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. 6 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/13153
Type corpus identifier
CN type 13153

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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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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Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 19431

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΣΑΜΟ ΠΟΛΥ); dated c. 168–150 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 19432

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend [ΣΑ]ΜΟΘΡΑ [ΠΟ]ΛΥΞΕΝ); dated c. 168–150 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 19435

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΣΑΜΟ ΜΗΤΡΩ); dated c. 168–150 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 19436

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΣΑΜΟ ΘΕΩΝΔ); dated c. 168–150 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 19453

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΣΑΜΟΘΡΑ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΞΕ); dated c. 168–80 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 19466

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΣΑΜΟ ΜΗΤΡΩ(Ν/ΝΑ)); dated c. 168–150 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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