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Prokonnesos, bronze coin — Oinochoe (CN type 20520)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 360–340 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Prokonnesos in Mysia, dated c. 360–340 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20520 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Female head with laurel wreath, right. Legend: ΑΚΤΑΙΩΝ. Reverse: Oinochoe. Legend: ΠΡΟΚΟΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.02 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 20 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Prokesch-Osten, Description de quelques Médailles grecques, 1860, p. 275; Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001, nr. 2422, pl. 127, pic. 2422; Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910, nr. 2843; Thompson, The coinage of Proconnesus 7, 1965, p. 31-35.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
5
Photograph views
2
Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
20 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.02 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Prokonnesos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Female head with laurel wreath, right.
Reverse type
Oinochoe
Obverse legend
ΑΚΤΑΙΩΝ
Reverse legend
ΠΡΟΚΟΝ

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. 1 closely related CN type with the same mint, denomination and design is consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20520
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20520

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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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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Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 20521

    Same mint, denomination and design (obverse legend ΤΕΛΕΣΑΝ[...]; reverse legend ΠΡΟΚΟΝ); dated c. 360–340 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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