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Apollonia Pontike, Diobol (CN type 21440)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

ca. 4. Jh. v. Chr.

Issuing entity

Thrace

Diobol in silver struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace dated ca. 4. Jh. v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21440. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo facing. Reverse: Inverted anchor;  under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
Diobol
Recorded diameter
8.04–13 mm (from 73 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.25 g (mean of 97 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Apollonia Pontike
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Weight standard
Attic

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Apollo facing.
Reverse type
Inverted anchor;  under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.
Reverse legend
ΣΩ; mon. Α

Identification

Period
Classical Period
Recorded findspots
Balchik, Osenovo (Осеново), Varna (Варна), Varna Region, Vratarite (Вратарите), Medovec (Медовец), General Kantardžievo (Генерал Кантарджиево), Kalojan (Калоян), Kranevo (Кранево), Trakijci (Тракийци), Batova Fluss
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21440
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21440

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