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Gambrion, silver coin — Forepart of butting bull (CN type 20553)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 400 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in silver struck at Gambrion in Mysia, dated c. 400 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20553 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Forepart of butting bull, right. Legend: ΓΑΜ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.68 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 10 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Wroth, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Mysia., London 1892, p. 62, nr. 1, pl. 15, pic. 6; Fritze et al., Die antiken Münzen Mysiens. 1: Adramytion - Kisthene, Berlin 1913, p. 142, nr. 417, pl. 7, pic. 1; Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910, nr. 2507, pl. 170, pic. 1; Six, Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines. 14, 1894, p. 315, nr. 3.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Recorded diameter
10 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.68 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Gambrion
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
Reverse type
Forepart of butting bull, right.
Reverse legend
ΓΑΜ

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/20553
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20553

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