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Prokonnesos, Obol — Oinochoe (CN type 20510)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 450–425 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Obol in silver struck at Prokonnesos in Mysia, dated c. 450–425 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20510 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Forepart of horse, left; on its shoulder, letter A. Reverse: Oinochoe; incuse square. Legend: Π. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.38 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 9–11 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Thompson, The coinage of Proconnesus 7, 1965, p. 31, pl. 1, pic. 1; Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001, nr. 2431, pl. 127, pic. 2431; Ashton et al., Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: England. Vol. 5 Pt. 9: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bosporus - Aeolis, New York 2007, nr. 948.

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Historical context

In the ancient Greek world, the obol functioned as both a unit of currency and a weight. This silver obol was struck during the Classical Period at the city of Prokonnesos in Mysia, a region situated in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor along the south coast of the Sea of Marmara and bounded to the north by the Propontis.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
Obol
Recorded diameter
9–11 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
0.38 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Prokonnesos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Forepart of horse, left; on its shoulder, letter A.
Reverse type
Oinochoe; incuse square.
Reverse legend
Π

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.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20510
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20510

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