Apollonia Pontike, Diobol (CN type 21451)

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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 21451. 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
9–11 mm (from 15 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.24 g (mean of 21 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
ΓΛΑΥ

Identification

Period
Classical Period
Recorded findspots
Nesebar (Несебър), Vratarite (Вратарите), Obročišče (Оброчище), Medovec (Медовец), General Kantardžievo (Генерал Кантарджиево)
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21451
Type corpus identifier
CN type 21451

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Catalogue references

  • Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 171
  • Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 46
  • Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 336

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