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Priapos, bronze coin — Lobster (CN type 19716)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 325–275 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Priapos in Mysia, dated c. 325–275 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19716 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Apollo three quarter facing right. Reverse: Lobster, right. Legend: ΠΡΙΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.27 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 10–12.5 mm (from 4 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Lindgren, Ancient Greek bronze Coins from the Lindgren Collection, 1993, nr. 291, pl. 16, pic. 291.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Historical context

Issued during the Hellenistic Period, this coin was struck by the city authority of Priapos in Mysia between c. 325 and 275 BC. The ancient town, also recorded as Priapus, lay along Karabiga Bay at the mouth of the Biga River. Today, the location corresponds to modern Karabiga in the Biga District of Çanakkale Province, Turkey.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
10–12.5 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.27 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Priapos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Apollo three quarter facing right.
Reverse type
Lobster, right.
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. 1 closely related CN type with the same mint, denomination and design is consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19716
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19716

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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 19718

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΠΡΙ/ΑΠΗ); dated c. 325–275 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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