Uncertain mint, Adaios, bronze coin — Tripod with fixture (CN type 19865)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 275–250 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin 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 19865 (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 10.77 g (mean of 27 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 21–26 mm (from 33 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Stancomb, The William Stancomb collection of coins of the Black Sea region, 2000, nr. 296; Arslan et al., Antike Münzen von Thrakien und Moesien aus öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen der Türkei, Berlin-Boston 2021, nr. 1275; Lindgren, Ancient Greek bronze coins: European mints from the Lindgren collection, San Mateo Calif 1989, p. 63, nr. 1336, pl. 63.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 21–26 mm (from 33 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 10.77 g (mean of 27 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/19865
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 19865
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 bibliographynr. 296
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1275
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 63, nr. 1336, pl. 63
Research required
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