Amisos, bronze (CN type 22743)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 100-95 v. Chr.
Coin type in bronze struck at Amisos dated ca. 100-95 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 22743. Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Cista mystica, on which panther skin and thyrsos.
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
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/22743
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22743
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1205-1207
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 698
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1232-1234
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution