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Kerkinitis, bronze coin — Abbreviated ethnic-name (CN type 20957)

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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 20957 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Fish swimming left. Reverse: Abbreviated ethnic-name. Legend: ΚΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 26.88 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 31–32 mm (from 4 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Kerkinitis (Eupatoria). Published references cited by the corpus: Anochin, Monety antičnych gorodov Severo-Zapadnogo Pričernomor'ja, Kiev 1989, nr. 405; Anochin, Antičnye monety Severnogo Pričernomor‘ja, Kiev 2011, nr. 602; Stolba, Fish and money: numismatic evidence for Black Sea fishing, Aarhus 2005, p. 118, pic. 2.3; Kutaisov, Cast money and coins of Kerkinitis of the fifth century B.C. 2, 1995, p. 55, pic. 6.78.

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Historical context

Kerkinitis was an ancient city located in western Crimea, an area corresponding to modern Yevpatoria situated north of Kalamita Bay. Struck during the Classical Period between circa 450 and 400 BC, this bronze coin was issued by the civic authority of the city and carries an abbreviated ethnic legend.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
31–32 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
26.88 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kerkinitis
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Fish swimming left.
Reverse type
Abbreviated ethnic-name.
Reverse legend
ΚΑ

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
Kerkinitis (Eupatoria)
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20957
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20957

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