Parion, bronze (CN type 21253)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 200-1 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Parion in Mysia dated ca. 200-1 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21253. Obverse: Head of a bull, right; all within an olive wreath. Reverse: Burning altar with a three-step base (krepis); in front of it, an amphora.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 15 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 2.58 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Parion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of a bull, right; all within an olive wreath.
- Reverse type
- Burning altar with a three-step base (krepis); in front of it, an amphora.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΑΡΙ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21253
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21253
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
Research required
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