Mesembria, coin coin — Zeus enthroned left (CN type 21713)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 190–175 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin struck at Mesembria in Thrace, dated c. 190–175 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 21713 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin on his head, bound at bottom. Reverse: Zeus (Aëtophoros) enthroned left, wearing long garment, holding eagle, right, and sceptre; to left, crested Corinthian helmet. Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 16.62 g (from 1 recorded specimen).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.62 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Mesembria
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Alexander the Great, right, wearing lion skin on his head, bound at bottom.
- Reverse type
- Zeus (Aëtophoros) enthroned left, wearing long garment, holding eagle, right, and sceptre; to left, crested Corinthian helmet.
- Reverse legend
- ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΑ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic 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/21713
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21713
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Research required
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Research required
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- 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.
Research required
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution