Apollonia Pontike, drachm (siglos) (CN type 21166)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 512–465 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracedrachm (siglos) in silver struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace dated ca. 512–465 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21166. Obverse: Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish. Reverse: Incuse with four colliding embola; inbetween dolphins swimming left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm (siglos)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia Pontike
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish.
- Reverse type
- Incuse with four colliding embola; inbetween dolphins swimming left.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic/Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21166
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21166
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 453
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 150-152
Research required
- Weight not recorded in the source corpus
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution