Parion, bronze (CN type 23138)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
ca. 350-300 v. Chr.
Issuing entity
MysiaCoin type in bronze struck at Parion in Mysia dated ca. 350-300 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 23138. Obverse: Bull standing right. Reverse: Burning altar with a three-step base (krepis); in front of it, an amphora.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 10.5 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 0.91 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Parion
- Region
- Mysia
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Bull standing right.
- Reverse type
- Burning altar with a three-step base (krepis); in front of it, an amphora.
- Reverse legend
- ΠΑΡΙ
Identification
- Period
- Classical/Hellenistic Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23138
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 23138
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
- Research required
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution