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Perperene, bronze coin — Bunch of grapes on vine branch with vine leaf to right (CN type 21415)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 400–300 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Coin in bronze struck at Perperene in Mysia, dated c. 400–300 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21415 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Bunch of grapes on vine branch with vine leaf to right. Legend: ΠΕΡΠΕ(ΡΗ). Measured specimens give a mean weight of 0.69 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 8–9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Plankenhorn, Münzen aus Mysien, München 2022, p. 148, nr. 14-15.

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Historical context

This Classical Period coin was struck between c. 400 and 300 BC by the city authority of Perperene in Mysia. Located south-east of Adramyttium in western Anatolia, Perperene was an Aeolian colony, also recorded under names such as Parparon, Perperena, and later Theodosiopolis. The surrounding area was known for its copper mines as well as its good vineyards, reflected in the coin's vine imagery.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
8–9 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
0.69 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Perperene
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
Reverse type
Bunch of grapes on vine branch with vine leaf to right.
Reverse legend
ΠΕΡΠΕ(ΡΗ)

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/21415
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21415

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