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Amisos, bronze coin — Cista mystica (CN type 22743)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 100–95 BC

Issuing entity

Amisos

Coin 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 22743 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Cista mystica, on which panther skin and thyrsos. Legend: ΑΜΙΣΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 7.66 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 21 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993, nr. 1205-1207; Stancomb, The William Stancomb collection of coins of the Black Sea region, 2000, nr. 698; Dalaison, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France 7. Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Paphlagonie, Pont et Arménie Mineure., Bordeaux 2015, nr. 1232-1234.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
21 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
7.66 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Amisos
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath.
Reverse type
Cista mystica, on which panther skin and thyrsos.
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. 2 closely related CN types with the same mint, denomination and design are consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22743
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22743

Documentation checklist

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Issue or mint date
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Mint or printer
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 22744

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΑΜΙΣΟΥ); dated c. 100–95 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 22745

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΑΜΙΣΟΥ); dated c. 100–95 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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