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Kerkinitis, bronze coin — Nike advancing right (CN type 20959)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 330–325 BC

Issuing entity

Kerkinitis

Coin in bronze struck at Kerkinitis, dated c. 330–325 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20959 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Lion right attacking a bull. Legend: ΗΡΑΚΛ. Reverse: Nike advancing right, holding laurel wreath. Legend: ΚΑΡΚ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.63 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 16–18 mm (from 5 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Kerkinitis (Eupatoria), Čertovatoe, area of, Nikolaev region. Published references cited by the corpus: Anochin, Monety antičnych gorodov Severo-Zapadnogo Pričernomor'ja, Kiev 1989, nr. 407; Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993, nr. 693; Anochin, Antičnye monety Severnogo Pričernomor‘ja, Kiev 2011, nr. 604; Stolba, Ein Münzfund aus Eupatoria von 1917 und der Beginn der Prägung von Kerkinitis., Saarbrücken 1996, p. 229, nr. 6, pl. 10, pic. 6; Medvedeva, Monety Kerkinitidy 14, 1984, p. 44, nr. 1, pl. 1, pic. 1; and further titles.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
16–18 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.63 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kerkinitis
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Lion right attacking a bull.
Reverse type
Nike advancing right, holding laurel wreath.
Obverse legend
ΗΡΑΚΛ
Reverse legend
ΚΑΡΚ

Identification

Period
Hellenistic 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), Čertovatoe, area of, Nikolaev region
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20959
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20959

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