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Kerkinitis, bronze coin — Stag advancing left (CN type 21014)

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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 21014 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Artemis, left, wearing necklace and earrings; bow and quiver behind. Legend: ΚΕΡ. Reverse: Stag advancing left. Legend: ΕΡΜΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.04 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 17 mm (from 3 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Anochin, Monety antičnych gorodov Severo-Zapadnogo Pričernomor'ja, Kiev 1989, nr. 421; Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993, nr. 705; Anochin, Antičnye monety Severnogo Pričernomor‘ja, Kiev 2011, nr. 621; Medvedeva, Monety Kerkinitidy 14, 1984, nr. 80-86.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
17 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.04 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kerkinitis
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Artemis, left, wearing necklace and earrings; bow and quiver behind.
Reverse type
Stag advancing left.
Obverse legend
ΚΕΡ
Reverse legend
ΕΡΜΑ

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.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21014
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21014

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