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Prokonnesos, bronze coin — Dove standing to right (CN type 20528)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 340–330 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Prokonnesos in Mysia, dated c. 340–330 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20528 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Female head with laurel wreath, right. Reverse: Dove standing to right; in front, oinochoe. Legend: ΠΡΟΚΟΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.54 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 14–15 mm (from 5 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Head, The Greek autonomous coins from the cabinet of the late Mr. Edward Wigan, now in the British Museum 13, 1873, p. 123, nr. 91; Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies grecques, Paris 1883, p. 259; Wroth, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Mysia., London 1892, p. 179, nr. 6, pl. 35, pic. 13; Thompson, The coinage of Proconnesus 7, 1965, p. 35, pl. 1, pic. 9.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Mysia was an ancient region situated on the south coast of the Sea of Marmara in northwestern Asia Minor. In ancient times, the region was bounded to the north by the Propontis, to the west by the Troad, and to the south by Lydia, and was inhabited by Mysians, Phrygians, Aeolian Greeks, and other groups. This bronze coinage was produced during the Classical Period by the city of Prokonnesos, situated within the region.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
14–15 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.54 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Prokonnesos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Female head with laurel wreath, right.
Reverse type
Dove standing to right; in front, oinochoe.
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.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20528
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20528

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