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Alopekonnesos, large denomination (bronze) — Cantharus (CN type 1993)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 400–300 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Large denomination (bronze) struck at Alopekonnesos in Thrace, dated c. 400–300 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 1993 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus/of a maenad, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Cantharus. Legend: ΑΛΩ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 8.03 g (mean of 11 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 20–21.1 mm (from 7 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Yarkin, The Coinage of Alopeconnesus in Thracian Chersonesus 187, 1978, p. 4, nr. 8-26.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Alopeconnesus, also known as Alopekonnesos, was an ancient Greek city and Aeolian colony situated on the western coast of ancient Thrace within the Thracian Chersonesus. According to tradition, settlers founded the colony after an oracle instructed them to establish a site where they first met a fox with its cub. The settlement was a member of the Delian League and later formed an alliance under the protection of Athens during the period of Macedonian ascendancy.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
large denomination (bronze)
Recorded diameter
20–21.1 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
8.03 g (mean of 11 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Alopekonnesos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of (youthful) Dionysus/of a maenad, right, wearing ivy wreath.
Reverse type
Cantharus.
Reverse legend
ΑΛΩ

Identification

Period
Classical 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/1993
Type corpus identifier
CN type 1993

Documentation checklist

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Mint or printer
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 12698

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΑΛΩ); dated c. 400–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 20923

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΑΛΩΠΕ); dated c. 400–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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