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Myrina, bronze coin — Owl standing right (CN type 19875)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 300 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Myrina in Thrace, dated c. 300 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 19875 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing. Legend: ΜΥΡ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.24 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 10 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Lindgren, Ancient Greek bronze coins: European mints from the Lindgren collection, San Mateo Calif 1989, p. 40, nr. 891; Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979, p. 214, nr. 4; Sallet, Beschreibung der antiken Münzen I: Taurische Chersonesus, Sarmatien, Dacien, Pannonien, Moesien, Thracien, thracische Könige, Berlin 1888, p. 283, nr. 9.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
10 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.24 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Myrina
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
Reverse type
Owl standing right, head facing.
Reverse legend
ΜΥΡ

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. 2 closely related CN types with the same mint, denomination and design are consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/19875
Type corpus identifier
CN type 19875

Documentation checklist

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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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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 19876

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΜΥΡΙ); dated c. 300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 19877

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΜΥΡΙ); dated c. 300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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