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Imbros, small denomination (bronze) — Orthanes standing right (CN type 20030)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

276/261–167 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Small denomination (bronze) struck at Imbros in Thrace, dated 276/261–167 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20030 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath. Legend: ΙΜΒΡ(ΟΥ). Reverse: Orthanes standing right, holding indistinct object in left hand, thymiaterion, right. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.14 g (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Ruhl, Imbros: Archäologie einer nordostägäischen Insel, Marburg 2018, p. 278, nr. 1.3.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
3
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
1

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Historical context

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter is the Olympian goddess presiding over agriculture, crops, grains, and earth fertility. This bronze coin represents an issue of the city of Imbros, an island located in the north-northeastern Aegean Sea. Struck during the Hellenistic Period, the coin features the head of Demeter wearing a corn wreath on the obverse alongside the legend ΙΜΒΡ(ΟΥ).

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
small denomination (bronze)
Recorded mean weight
1.14 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Imbros
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath.
Reverse type
Orthanes standing right, holding indistinct object in left hand, thymiaterion, right.
Obverse legend
ΙΜΒΡ(ΟΥ)

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/20030
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20030

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 references

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