Eleutherion, bronze (CN type 20514)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 400-300 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Eleutherion in Mysia dated ca. 400-300 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20514. Obverse: Head of Athena three-quarter facing right, in triple-crested helmet and with necklace. Reverse: Lion standing right; head backwards.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 10–11 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.09 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Eleutherion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Athena three-quarter facing right, in triple-crested helmet and with necklace.
- Reverse type
- Lion standing right; head backwards.
- Reverse legend
- ΕΛΕΥ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20514
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20514
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 19, nr. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 528
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 138
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution