Kerkinitis, bronze (CN type 20962)
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 20962. Obverse: Head of Hera left, wearing necklace, earrings and turreted stephane. Reverse: Scythian horseman galloping right, hurling spear.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 22–23 mm (from 10 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 5.94 g (mean of 10 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Kerkinitis
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Hera left, wearing necklace, earrings and turreted stephane.
- Reverse type
- Scythian horseman galloping right, hurling spear.
- Reverse legend
- ΗΡΑΚ ΚΑΡΚΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Nova Vodoloha distr., Ocheretaj
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20962
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 20962
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. 412
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 607
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 228-229, nr. 1-4, pl. 10, pic. 1-4
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 44, nr. 3
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution