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Kromna, drachm — Head of Hera left (CN type 23902)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 360–330 BC

Issuing entity

Kromna

Drachm in silver struck at Kromna, dated c. 360–330 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 23902 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus, left. Reverse: Head of Hera left, wearing necklace, earrings and turreted stephane. Legend: ΚΡΩΜΝΑ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 3.4 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 18 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). The corpus assigns the type to the Chian weight standard. Published references cited by the corpus: Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993, nr. 1322; Ashton et al., Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: England. Vol. 5 Pt. 9: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bosporus - Aeolis, New York 2007, nr. 214.

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Historical context

Cromna, also written Kromna, was an ancient town situated on the Paphlagonian coast in modern Turkey, located 60 stadia east of Erythini and 90 west of Cytorus. Mentioned by Homer in the Iliad, the settlement was according to Stephanus of Byzantium named after Kromnos, the son of Lykaon. Although Amasra and Kurucaşile have been suggested as possible locations, modern scholars place Cromna near Tekeönü in Bartın Province. As an autonomous city, it produced its own coinage during the Classical Period.

Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Denomination
drachm
Recorded diameter
18 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
3.4 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Kromna
Authority type
City
Weight standard
Chian

Design

Obverse type
Laureate head of Zeus, left.
Reverse type
Head of Hera left, wearing necklace, earrings and turreted stephane.
Reverse legend
ΚΡΩΜΝΑ

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. 8 closely related CN types with the same mint, denomination and design are consolidated into this entry and listed under varieties.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/23902
Type corpus identifier
CN type 23902

Documentation checklist

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Varieties

  • CN type 23908

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΚΡΩΜΝΑ); dated c. 360–330 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 23909

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΚΡΩΜΝΑ); dated c. 360–330 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 23910

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΚΡΩΜΝΑ); dated c. 360–330 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 23911

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΚΡΩΜΝΑ); dated c. 360–330 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 23913

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΚΡΩΜΝΑ); dated c. 360–330 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 23915

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΚΡΩΜΝΑ); dated c. 360–330 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 23916

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΚΡΩΜΝΑ); dated c. 360–330 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 23918

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΚΡΩΜΝΑ); dated c. 360–330 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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