Uncertain mint, Adaios, bronze coin — Tripod with fixture (CN type 19438)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 275–250 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin 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 19438 (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 7.46 g (mean of 17 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 22–23.5 mm (from 18 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Maroneia, Seymen, Çorlu District, Tekirdağ Province. Published references cited by the corpus: o. A., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Greece 7. The KIKPE Collection of Bronze Coins, Volume I, 2012, nr. 369; Zhekova, Catalogue of the coins in the treasure room of the Regional Historical Museum Shumen, Shumen 2003, p. 28, nr. 46; Topalov, Drevna Trakija. Sbornik proučvanija, svărzani s trakijskoto plemenno, vladetesko i gradsko monetosečene VI-I v. pr. n.e., Sofija 2012, p. 270, nr. 3, pic. 3.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 22–23.5 mm (from 18 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 7.46 g (mean of 17 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
- Maroneia, Seymen, Çorlu District, Tekirdağ Province
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19438
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19438
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
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 369
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 28, nr. 46
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 270, nr. 3, pic. 3
Research required
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