Amisos, hemidrachm — Owl facing with spread wings standing on shield (CN type 23061)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
2nd century BC
Issuing entity
AmisosHemidrachm in silver struck at Amisos, dated 2nd century BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 23061 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of Hera right, wearing turreted stephane. Reverse: Owl facing with spread wings standing on shield. Legend: ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.66 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 11.9–13 mm (from 4 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993, nr. 1118-1119; Dalaison, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France 7. Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Paphlagonie, Pont et Arménie Mineure., Bordeaux 2015, p. 184-185, nr. 1171-1173; Stancomb, The William Stancomb collection of coins of the Black Sea region, 2000, nr. 664-665.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 3
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- hemidrachm
- Recorded diameter
- 11.9–13 mm (from 4 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.66 g (mean of 4 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Amisos
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Hera right, wearing turreted stephane.
- Reverse type
- Owl facing with spread wings standing on shield.
- Reverse legend
- ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ
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/23061
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23061
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Recorded
- 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. 1118-1119
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 184-185, nr. 1171-1173
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 664-665
Research required
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