Apollonia Pontike, Diobol (CN type 21453)
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 21453. 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
- 9–11.4 mm (from 14 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.25 g (mean of 22 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
- ΟΙ; mon. Α
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Vratarite (Вратарите), Medovec (Медовец)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21453
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21453
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution