Apollonia Pontike, Dichalkon (CN type 22015)
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 22015. 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
- 10.7–23 mm (from 20 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.84 g (mean of 21 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
- ΔΙΧΑΛ-ΚΗΙ; mon. Α
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Recorded findspots
- Černi vrăh (Черни връх), Dolišče (Долище)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22015
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22015
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