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Prokonnesos, bronze coin — Dove with spread wings (CN type 20529)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

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 20529 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Female head with laurel wreath, right. Reverse: Dove with spread wings, r.; below, oinochoe. Legend: ΠΡΟ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.1 g (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910, nr. 2849; Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001, nr. 2430, pl. 127, pic. 2430.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
3
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
2

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded mean weight
2.1 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Prokonnesos
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Female head with laurel wreath, right.
Reverse type
Dove with spread wings, r.; below, oinochoe.
Reverse legend
ΠΡΟ

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/20529
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20529

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

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