Apollonia Pontike, Diobol (CN type 21451)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 4. Jh. v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDiobol 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
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
Research required
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