Apollonia Pontike, Diobol (CN type 21636)
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 21636. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo facing. Reverse: Inverted anchor; under left fluke, crayfish, under right fluke, ethnicon.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Diobol
- Recorded diameter
- 11–13 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.36 g (mean of 7 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 left fluke, crayfish, under right fluke, ethnicon.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Varna Region
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21636
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21636
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
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 389
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution