Apros, small denomination (bronze) — Oval shield (CN type 2218)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
260-252/50 oder 240/230-218/213
Issuing entity
ThraceSmall denomination (bronze) struck at Apros in Thrace, dated 260-252/50 oder 240/230-218/213. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 2218 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Oval shield. Legend: ΑΠΡΗΝΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.59 g (mean of 10 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 17–18 mm (from 10 recorded specimens). Recorded findspots: Burgas Region. Published references cited by the corpus: Manov and Damyanov, The first mint of Cavarus, the last king of the Celtic Kingdom in Thrace, 2013, p. 17, pl. 2, pic. 1+1a; Draganov, Coins of the unknown mint of Apros in Thrace, Madrid 2005, p. 339, pic. 1-3; Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017, p. 60, nr. 1352.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Denomination
- small denomination (bronze)
- Recorded diameter
- 17–18 mm (from 10 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 3.59 g (mean of 10 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Apros
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate head of Apollo, right.
- Reverse type
- Oval shield.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΠΡΗΝΩΝ
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
- Burgas Region
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2218
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 2218
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
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 17, pl. 2, pic. 1+1a
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 339, pic. 1-3
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 60, nr. 1352
Research required
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