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Eleutherion, bronze coin — Lion standing right (CN type 20514)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 400–300 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Eleutherion in Mysia, 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 20514 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Athena three-quarter facing right, in triple-crested helmet and with necklace. Reverse: Lion standing right; head backwards. Legend: ΕΛΕΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.09 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 10–11 mm (from 5 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Imhoof-Blumer, Kleinasiatische Münzen: 2 Bände in einem Band., Wien 1901, p. 19, nr. 1; Head, Historia numorum: a manual of Greek numismatics, Oxford 1911, p. 528; Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 138.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Mysia was a region situated in the north-west of ancient Asia Minor on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara, bounded by territories including Bithynia, Phrygia, Lydia, and the Troad. During antiquity, its population included Mysians, Phrygians, and Aeolian Greeks. This bronze piece was issued by the city of Eleutherion within the Mysian region during the Classical Period.

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
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/20514
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20514

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