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Teuthrania, hemidrachm — Head of satrap right (CN type 23833)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 400–399 BC

Issuing entity

Mysia

Hemidrachm in silver struck at Teuthrania in Mysia, dated c. 400–399 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 23833 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Apollo with taenia to left. Reverse: Head of satrap right, wearing kyrbasia. Legend: ΤΕΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.59 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 11 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the Chian weight standard. Published references cited by the corpus: Imhoof-Blumer, Griechische Münzen: neue Beiträge und Untersuchungen, München 1890, p. 619, nr. 190, pl. 7, pic. 14; Six, Monnaies grecques, inédites et incertaines 10, 1890, p. 188, nr. 1; Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910, p. 83, nr. 41; Linked type corpus.

Evidence at a glance

Linked sources
5
Photograph views
1
Catalogue references
4

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Historical context

Teuthrania was an ancient Greek town situated in northwest Anatolia in the region of Mysia, along the river Caicus near Pergamon. Tradition traced its name to the legendary Mysian king Teuthras, who was said by Strabo to have adopted Heracles' son Telephus as his successor. In c. 486 BCE, the Persian king Darius I gave Teuthrania, Pergamon, and Halisarna to the Spartan king Demaratus. Later, around the year 399 BCE, the rulers of Teuthrania and neighbouring cities delivered their settlements to the Spartan general Thimbron during his campaign to free Greek colonies from Persian authority.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
hemidrachm
Recorded diameter
11 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.59 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Teuthrania
Region
Mysia
Authority type
City
Weight standard
Chian

Design

Obverse type
Head of Apollo with taenia to left.
Reverse type
Head of satrap right, wearing kyrbasia.
Reverse legend
ΤΕΥ

Identification

Period
Classical 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/23833
Type corpus identifier
CN type 23833

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