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Priapos, bronze coin — Crab (CN type 19709)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 300–200 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Priapos in Mysia, dated c. 300–200 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19709 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Crab; below, harpe. Legend: ΠΡΙΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.26 g (mean of 10 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 10–12 mm (from 10 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Bloesch, Griechische Münzen in Winterthur, Winterthur 1987, nr. 2680, pl. 120, pic. 2680; Franke, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Sammlung v. Aulock. Nachträge II. Mysien 7191-7531, Troas 7532-7666, Aeolis 7667-7709, Lesbos 7710-7758, Berlin 1967, nr. 7526, pl. 261, pic. 7526; Klein, Sammlung von griechischen Kleinsilbermünzen und Bronzen, Milano 1999, p. 43, nr. 290, pl. X, pic. 290; Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies grecques, Paris 1883, p. 258, nr. 146; Tekin and Özdizbay, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. 9, Volume 3: Turkey. The Özkan Arıkantürk collection. Mysia, İstanbul 2020, nr. 1096-1101.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
10–12 mm (from 10 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.26 g (mean of 10 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Priapos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
Reverse type
Crab; below, harpe.
Reverse legend
ΠΡΙΑ

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/19709
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19709

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