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Kerkinitis, bronze coin — Arrowhead with central rib (CN type 20954)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 450–400 BC

Issuing entity

Kerkinitis

Coin in bronze struck at Kerkinitis, dated c. 450–400 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20954 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Fish with distinct dorsal, pelvic, anal and pectoral fins. Reverse: Arrowhead with central rib. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.47 g (mean of 38 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 20–34 mm (from 39 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Čertovatoe 2, Nikolaev region, Dzhailav, Nikolaev region, Kerkinitis (Eupatoria), Shirokaya Balka, Parutino area, Ochakov distr. Published references cited by the corpus: Anochin, Monety antičnych gorodov Severo-Zapadnogo Pričernomor'ja, Kiev 1989, nr. 403; Anochin, Antičnye monety Severnogo Pričernomor‘ja, Kiev 2011, nr. 600; Stolba, Fish and money: numismatic evidence for Black Sea fishing, Aarhus 2005, p. 118, pic. 2.1; Kutaisov, Cast money and coins of Kerkinitis of the fifth century B.C. 2, 1995, p. 45, 47, 50, 53, pic. 2.42-56, 3.57-67, 4.68-77, 5.51.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
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Photograph views
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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
20–34 mm (from 39 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.47 g (mean of 38 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kerkinitis
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Fish with distinct dorsal, pelvic, anal and pectoral fins.
Reverse type
Arrowhead with central rib.

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.
Recorded findspots
Čertovatoe 2, Nikolaev region, Dzhailav, Nikolaev region, Kerkinitis (Eupatoria), Shirokaya Balka, Parutino area, Ochakov distr.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20954
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20954

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

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