Uncertain mint, Adaios, bronze coin — Tripod with fixture (CN type 19437)
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 19437 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: ruler).
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Tripod with fixture. Legend: ΑΔΑΙΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.74 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 19.5–23 mm (from 4 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Kărdžali distr. (Кърджалийско). Published references cited by the corpus: Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021, nr. 385; Topalov, Drevna Trakija. Sbornik proučvanija, svărzani s trakijskoto plemenno, vladetesko i gradsko monetosečene VI-I v. pr. n.e., Sofija 2012, p. 261, nr. 1, pic. A.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 3
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 19.5–23 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.74 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Authority type
- Ruler
- Issuing authority
- Adaios
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Tripod with fixture.
- 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
- Kărdžali distr. (Кърджалийско)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19437
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19437
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. 385
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 261, nr. 1, pic. A
Research required
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