Apollonia Pontike, drachm (siglos) (CN type 21761)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 512–465 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracedrachm (siglos) in silver struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace dated ca. 512–465 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21761. Obverse: Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish. Reverse: Swastika in incuse.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm (siglos)
- Recorded diameter
- 10.42–18.23 mm (from 64 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.92 g (mean of 68 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia Pontike
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish.
- Reverse type
- Swastika in incuse.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic/Classical Period
- Recorded findspots
- Burgas (Бургас), Varna Region, Burgas Region, Klimentovo (Климентово)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21761
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21761
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
- Legends not transcribed in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution