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Myrina, bronze coin — Owl standing right (CN type 19872)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 386–276/261 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Myrina in Thrace, dated c. 386–276/261 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19872 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena facing three-quarters to left. Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing. Legend: ΜΥΡΙ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.53 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 15–17 mm (from 3 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979, p. 214, nr. 1; Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943, nr. 987; Bloesch, Griechische Münzen in Winterthur, Winterthur 1987, p. 119, nr. 1284; Hoover and Ashton, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus): Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster 2010, p. 68, nr. 298; Penna, The Mintage of Lemnos, 1994, p. 40.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
15–17 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.53 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Myrina
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Helmeted head of Athena facing three-quarters to left.
Reverse type
Owl standing right, head facing.
Reverse legend
ΜΥΡΙ

Identification

Period
Classical/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/19872
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19872

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