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Priapos, bronze coin — Ethnic within grain ear wreath (CN type 19733)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 100–30 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Priapos in Mysia, dated c. 100–30 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19733 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath. Reverse: Ethnic within grain ear wreath. Legend: ΠΡΙΑ/ΠΗΝWΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.68 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 21–25 mm (from 4 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Wroth, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Mysia., London 1892, p. 177, nr. 14, pl. XXXV, pic. 8.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
4
Photograph views
2
Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
21–25 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.68 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Priapos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath.
Reverse type
Ethnic within grain ear wreath.
Reverse legend
ΠΡΙΑ/ΠΗΝWΝ

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/19733
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19733

Documentation checklist

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

Varieties

  • CN type 19734

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΠΡΙΑ/ΠΗΝWΝ); dated 1st century BC. Consolidated into this entry

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