Apollonia Pontike, Stater (tetradrachm) — Inverted anchor (CN type 21528)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 425–339 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceStater (tetradrachm) in silver struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace, dated c. 425–339 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21528 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon. Legend: Α // ΑΡΗΖΙΛΟΣ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 16.61 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 21.9–26 mm (from 5 recorded specimens). The corpus assigns the type to the Attic weight standard.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
In antiquity, Apollonia was a prosperous Greek colony originally named Antheia, located on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. Tetradrachms, nominally equivalent to four drachmae, originated in Ancient Greece in the late 6th century BC and became standard trade coins across Classical Antiquity. Often produced to fund state expenses such as military pay, tetradrachms commonly adhered to the Attic standard, which gradually became dominant.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Stater (tetradrachm)
- Recorded diameter
- 21.9–26 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.61 g (mean of 6 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia Pontike
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.
- Reverse legend
- Α // ΑΡΗΖΙΛΟΣ
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/21528
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21528
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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