Larissa Phrikonis, bronze coin — Bull head right (CN type 22959)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 4th century BC
Issuing entity
Larissa PhrikonisCoin in bronze struck at Larissa Phrikonis, dated c. 4th century BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 22959 (period: Classical/Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Horned head of a river god (Hermos), three-quarters facing. Reverse: Bull head right. Legend: ΛΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.07 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 10–10.8 mm (from 5 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910, p. 1174, nr. 2067; Baldus, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Deutschland. Staatliche Münzsammlung München. 19.Heft. Troas - Lesbos. Nr. 1-813 19, München 1991, nr. 563-564; Ashton et al., Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: England. Vol. 5 Pt. 9: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bosporus - Aeolis, New York 2007, nr. 1149.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 10–10.8 mm (from 5 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.07 g (mean of 5 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Larissa Phrikonis
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Horned head of a river god (Hermos), three-quarters facing.
- Reverse type
- Bull head right.
- Reverse legend
- ΛΑ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/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/22959
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 22959
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 bibliographyp. 1174, nr. 2067
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 563-564
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 1149
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