Amisos, bronze coin — Grazing Pegasos (CN type 22742)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 100–95 BC
Issuing entity
AmisosCoin in bronze struck at Amisos, dated c. 100–95 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22742 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of Perseus wearing Phrygian helmet, right. Reverse: Grazing Pegasos, left. Legend: ΑΜΙΣΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 12.38 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 23–24.2 mm (from 3 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993, nr. 1215; Stancomb, The William Stancomb collection of coins of the Black Sea region, 2000, nr. 703; Dalaison, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France 7. Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Paphlagonie, Pont et Arménie Mineure., Bordeaux 2015, p. 188-189, nr. 1218-1219.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 23–24.2 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 12.38 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Amisos
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Perseus wearing Phrygian helmet, right.
- Reverse type
- Grazing Pegasos, left.
- Reverse legend
- ΑΜΙΣΟΥ
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/22742
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22742
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- 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 bibliographynr. 1215
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 703
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 188-189, nr. 1218-1219
Research required
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