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Atarneus, Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol) — Coiled serpent (CN type 21353)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 400 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol) in silver struck at Atarneus in Mysia, dated c. 400 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21353 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Youthful head (Apollo?) right, wearing laurel wreath. Reverse: Coiled serpent, right. Legend: ΑΤΑΡ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.44 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 11 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Plankenhorn, Münzen aus Mysien, München 2022, p. 33, nr. 2.

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Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
Trihemiobol (1 1/2 obol)
Recorded diameter
11 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.44 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Atarneus
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Youthful head (Apollo?) right, wearing laurel wreath.
Reverse type
Coiled serpent, right.
Reverse legend
ΑΤΑΡ

Identification

Period
Classical 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/21353
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21353

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