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Amisos, bronze coin — Perseus standing facing holding Medusa‘s head and harpa (CN type 22754)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 90–85 BC

Issuing entity

Amisos

Coin in bronze struck at Amisos, dated c. 90–85 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22754 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing helmet. Reverse: Perseus standing facing holding Medusa‘s head and harpa; at feet the winged body of Medusa. Legend: ΑΜΙΣΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 19.02 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 29–31.5 mm (from 3 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Dalaison, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France 7. Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Paphlagonie, Pont et Arménie Mineure., Bordeaux 2015, p. 200-201, nr. 1344-1345.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
29–31.5 mm (from 3 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
19.02 g (mean of 3 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Amisos
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Athena, right, wearing helmet.
Reverse type
Perseus standing facing holding Medusa‘s head and harpa; at feet the winged body of Medusa
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/22754
Type corpus identifier
CN type 22754

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