Sinope, silver (CN type 21749)
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
3. Jh. v. Chr.
Coin type in silver struck at Sinope dated 3. Jh. v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21749. Obverse: Head of nymphe Sinope, left, wearing turreted stephane. Reverse: Eagle, seen from front, wings spread.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Recorded diameter
- 14 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.84 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Sinope
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of nymphe Sinope, left, wearing turreted stephane.
- Reverse type
- Eagle, seen from front, wings spread.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΙΝΩ
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21749
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21749
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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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