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Skylake, bronze coin — Laurel-branch (CN type 19712)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 400–300 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Skylake in Mysia, dated c. 400–300 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19712 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Apollo (?), right, wearing hair bun and wreath. Reverse: laurel-branch (?). Legend: Σ Κ Υ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.22 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 11 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Friedländer, Die Erwerbungen des Königlichen Münzkabinetts im Jahre 1876 5, 1878, p. 9.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
2
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
1

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
11 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.22 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Skylake
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Apollo (?), right, wearing hair bun and wreath.
Reverse type
laurel-branch (?)
Reverse legend
Σ Κ Υ

Identification

Period
Classical 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/19712
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19712

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
Recorded
Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

  • Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 9

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