Myrina, bronze coin — Owl standing right (CN type 20012)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 386–276/261 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin 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 20012 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing helmet. Reverse: Owl standing right, head facing, between two stars. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.72 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 15.3–17.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Souchleris, Numismatic Testimonies for the City of Hephaistia, Lemnos. New Coin Finds from the Theatre Excavations, 2006, p. 63, nr. 1; Penna, The Mintage of Lemnos, 1994, p. 42; 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. 61, nr. 289-290.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15.3–17.6 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.72 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Myrina
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena, right, wearing helmet.
- Reverse type
- Owl standing right, head facing, between two stars.
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/20012
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20012
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 63, nr. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 42
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 61, nr. 289-290
Research required
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution