Apollonia Pontike, Obol (CN type 21766)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 512–465 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceObol in silver struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace dated ca. 512–465 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21766. Obverse: Inverted anchor; left under stock four pellets. Reverse: Incuse with four crustacean rotating left, inbetween colliding embola, center dot.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- Obol
- Recorded diameter
- 5.61–8 mm (from 33 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.47 g (mean of 34 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia Pontike
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Chian
Design
- Obverse type
- Inverted anchor; left under stock four pellets.
- Reverse type
- Incuse with four crustacean rotating left, inbetween colliding embola, center dot.
Identification
- Period
- Archaic/Classical Period
- Recorded findspots
- Varna Region, Klimentovo (Климентово)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21766
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21766
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