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Orthagoria, stater (double siglos, didrachm) — Helmet (CN type 2237)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 310–290 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Stater (double siglos, didrachm) in silver struck at Orthagoria in Thrace, dated c. 310–290 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 2237 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Artemis, right, wearing necklace and earrings; quiver behind. Reverse: Helmet, facing, surmounted by star. Legend: ΟΡΘΑΓΟΡΕΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 10.25 g (mean of 31 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 22–25 mm (from 15 recorded specimens). The corpus assigns the type to the Persian weight standard. Published references cited by the corpus: Chryssanthaki-Nagle, Le monnayage d'Orthagoreia 6, 2004, p. 51-53, pic. 2a; Gaebler, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands 3, 1906, p. 92, nr. 1+2, pl. 18, pic. 21+22; Psōma et al., The coins from Maroneia and the classical city at Molyvoti: a contribution to the history of Aegean Thrace, Athens 2008, p. 193-204.

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Historical context

Orthagoria, also called Orthagoreia, was an ancient Greek town situated on the coast of the Aegean Sea in Thrace. Although Pliny the Elder recorded Ortagurea as an older name for Maroneia, Strabo distinguished the two settlements, and others have suggested it was an early name for Stageira. The city produced coinage in silver and bronze that bore the legend ΟΡΘΑΓΟΡΕΩΝ.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
stater (double siglos, didrachm)
Recorded diameter
22–25 mm (from 15 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
10.25 g (mean of 31 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Orthagoria
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City
Weight standard
Persian

Design

Obverse type
Head of Artemis, right, wearing necklace and earrings; quiver behind.
Reverse type
Helmet, facing, surmounted by star.
Reverse legend
ΟΡΘΑΓΟΡΕΩΝ

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.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2237
Type corpus identifier
CN type 2237

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