Apollonia Pontike, tetradrachm (CN type 21948)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 425–339 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
Thracetetradrachm in silver struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace dated ca. 425–339 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 21948. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, left. Reverse: Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.09 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia Pontike
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Attic
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, left.
- Reverse type
- Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.
- Reverse legend
- Α // ΑΛΚΑΙΟΣ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/21948
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 21948
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
- Diameter not recorded in the source corpus
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution