Uncertain mint, Adaios, bronze coin — Tripod with fixture (CN type 19456)
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 19456 (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 6.74 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 20–22 mm (from 5 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies grecques, Paris 1883, p. 113; Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021, nr. 1414; Dimitrov, Novi numizmatični danni za lokaliziraneto i datirovkata na dinasta Adej 3, 1984, p. 15, pic. 1.б; Topalov, Contributions to the study of the coinage and history in the lands of Eastern Thrace from the end of the 4th c. BC to the end of the 3rd c. BC, [Sofia] 2001, p. 182, nr. 1.6, pic. 1.6.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 5
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 4
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 20–22 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.74 g (mean of 5 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.
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19456
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19456
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 bibliographyp. 113
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1414
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 15, pic. 1.б
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 182, nr. 1.6, pic. 1.6
Research required
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