Apollonia Pontike, tetradrachm — Apollo standing facing on basis (CN type 22040)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 212–73 BC
Issuing entity
ThraceTetradrachm in silver struck at Apollonia Pontike in Thrace, dated c. 212–73 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22040 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Apollo standing facing on basis, head to left, holding laurel branch with a crow in right hand and bow and arrow in left hand. Legend: ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ / ΙΑΤΡΟΥ // ΑΘ–Η. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 16.7 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 32 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the Attic weight standard. Recorded findspots: Marinka (Маринка).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Apollonia was a prosperous Greek colony situated on the Black Sea coast that continued to flourish until suffering devastation during a Roman siege in 72 BC. Originating in ancient Greece, the tetradrachm was a large silver denomination equivalent to four drachmae that became a dominant trade coin across Classical Antiquity. This civic issue was struck by Apollonia according to the prevailing Attic weight standard.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- tetradrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 32 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 16.7 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, right.
- Reverse type
- Apollo standing facing on basis, head to left, holding laurel branch with a crow in right hand and bow and arrow in left hand.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ / ΙΑΤΡΟΥ // ΑΘ–Η
Identification
- Period
- Hellenistic Period
- How to identify
- Check the mint name or ethnic, the reverse type and the legend together, then compare weight and module; types from the same mint often differ only in legend arrangement, magistrate names or control marks.
- Recorded findspots
- Marinka (Маринка)
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22040
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22040
- Source note
- The corpus record cites no printed literature for this type; it rests on recorded specimens.
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Research required
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- Recorded
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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
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