Parion, silver coin — Apollo Aktaios semi-draped standing left (CN type 21193)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 133–50 BC
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin in silver struck at Parion in Mysia, dated c. 133–50 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21193 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath. Reverse: Apollo Aktaios semi-draped standing left; in his right hand, patera over flaming altar; in his left, lyre resting on omphalos. Legend: ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ / ΑΚΤΑΙΟΥ // ΠΑΡΙΑΝΩΝ / ΠΟΛΥΚΛΗΣ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 13.7 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 22–29 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Levante, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France. 5, Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Mysie 5, Paris/Zürich 2001, nr. 1401; Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Vol. VI: The Lewis Collection in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Part 1. The Greek and Hellenistic coins, London 1972, nr. 829; Ellis-Evans, The late Hellenistic tetradrachms of Parion and Lampsakos 32, 2020, p. 97, nr. 1-3 (Group 2).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 5
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Historical context
Parion, also known as Parium, was an ancient Greek city situated in Adrasteia on the Hellespont. It was located in Mysia, a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor along the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara, bounded by the Propontis, Bithynia, Phrygia, Lydia, and the Troad.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Recorded diameter
- 22–29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 13.7 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Parion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath.
- Reverse type
- Apollo Aktaios semi-draped standing left; in his right hand, patera over flaming altar; in his left, lyre resting on omphalos.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ / ΑΚΤΑΙΟΥ // ΠΑΡΙΑΝΩΝ / ΠΟΛΥΚΛΗΣ
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/21193
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21193
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1401
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 829
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 97, nr. 1-3 (Group 2)
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