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Kabeira, bronze coin — Nike standing right (CN type 23855)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 90–85 BC

Issuing entity

Kabeira

Coin in bronze struck at Kabeira, 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 23855 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Aegis. Reverse: Nike standing right, holding palm branch. Legend: ΚΑΒΗΡΩΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 6.74 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 20 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). 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, nr. 1693-1698; Waddington et al., Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie Mineure. Pont et Paphlagenie 1.1, Paris 1925, p. 117-118, nr. 4; Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993, nr. 1243-1245; Stancomb, The William Stancomb collection of coins of the Black Sea region, 2000, nr. 710.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
20 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
6.74 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kabeira
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Aegis
Reverse type
Nike standing right, holding palm branch.
Reverse legend
ΚΑΒΗΡΩΝ

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/23855
Type corpus identifier
CN type 23855

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