Apollonia Pontike, tetrobol (hemisiglos) (CN type 21301)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

4. Jh. v. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

tetrobol (hemisiglos) in silver struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace dated 4. Jh. v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21301. Obverse: Gorgoneion. Reverse: Inverted anchor;  under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
tetrobol (hemisiglos)
Recorded diameter
11.1–18 mm (from 395 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.83 g (mean of 460 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Apollonia Pontike
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Weight standard
Attic

Design

Obverse type
Gorgoneion.
Reverse type
Inverted anchor;  under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.
Reverse legend
Α

Identification

Period
Classical/Hellenistic Period
Recorded findspots
Varna (Варна), Varna Region, Burgas Region, Šumen Region, Obročišče (Оброчище), Ruen (Руен), Medovec (Медовец), Šiloto (Шилото), Partizani (Партизани), Bălgarevo (Българево), Dolišče (Долище), Gorni Domljan (Горни Домлян), Kavarna (Каварна), Klimentovo (Климентово), Krumovo (Крумово), Markovo (Марково), Shumen, Sokolnik (Соколник), Sredna mahala (Средна махала), Suvorovo (Суворово), Östliches Balk
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21301
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21301

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