Apollonia Pontike, Dichalkon (CN type 22009)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 425–306 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceDichalkon in bronze struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace dated ca. 425–306 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22009. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- Dichalkon
- Recorded diameter
- 9.1–17 mm (from 98 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.86 g (mean of 73 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apollonia Pontike
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Inverted anchor; under right fluke, crayfish, under left fluke, ethnicon.
- Reverse legend
- Α
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Burgas (Бургас), Balchik, Osenovo (Осеново), Burgas Region, Sozopol (Созопол), Kostadin češma (Костадин чешма), Sveta Marina (Света Марина), Bălgarevo (Българево), Dolišče (Долище), Jankovo (Янково), Malka poljana (Малка поляна), Sozopol Region, Östliches Balkangebirge
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22009
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22009
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
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution