Kerkinitis, bronze (CN type 20959)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 330-325 v. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Kerkinitis dated ca. 330-325 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 20959. Obverse: Lion right attacking a bull. Reverse: Nike advancing right, holding laurel wreath.
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
- 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
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 407
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 693
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 604
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 229, nr. 6, pl. 10, pic. 6
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 44, nr. 1, pl. 1, pic. 1
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1, pl. 38
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution