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Kerkinitis, bronze coin — Horse advancing left (CN type 20967)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 300-290

Issuing entity

Kerkinitis

Coin in bronze struck at Kerkinitis, dated c. 300-290. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 20967 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Bearded Scythian seated left on rock (or on a stool) with bow in case and holding axe-sceptre. Legend: ΚΕΡΚΙ. Reverse: Horse advancing left. Legend: ΓΕΛΩ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 5.26 g (mean of 13 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 22 mm (from 15 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Yelizavetovo. Published references cited by the corpus: Anochin, Monety antičnych gorodov Severo-Zapadnogo Pričernomor'ja, Kiev 1989, nr. 417; Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993, nr. 696-697; Anochin, Antičnye monety Severnogo Pričernomor‘ja, Kiev 2011, nr. 611; Medvedeva, Monety Kerkinitidy 14, 1984, p. 45, nr. 20-26, pl. 1, pic. 21.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
22 mm (from 15 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
5.26 g (mean of 13 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kerkinitis
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Bearded Scythian seated left on rock (or on a stool) with bow in case and holding axe-sceptre.
Reverse type
Horse advancing left.
Obverse legend
ΚΕΡΚΙ
Reverse legend
ΓΕΛΩ

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. 4 closely related CN types with the same mint, denomination and design are consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Recorded findspots
Yelizavetovo
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/20967
Type corpus identifier
CN type 20967

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 20985

    Same mint, denomination and design (obverse legend ΚΕΡΚΙ; reverse legend ΕΡΜΑ); dated c. 300-290. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 20986

    Same mint, denomination and design (obverse legend ΚΕΡΚΙ; reverse legend ΚΑΛΛΙΑ); dated c. 300-290. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 20988

    Same mint, denomination and design (obverse legend ΚΕΡΚΙ; reverse legend ΙΠΠΟΚΡΑ); dated c. 300-290. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 21011

    Same mint, denomination and design (obverse legend ΚΕΡΚΙ; reverse legend ΚΑΛΛΙΠ); dated c. 300-290. Consolidated into this entry

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