Sinope, drachm (CN type 24394)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
c. 410-350 v. Chr.
drachm in silver struck at Sinope dated c. 410-350 v. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 24394. Obverse: Head of nymphe Sinope, left, wearing sphendone. Reverse: Sea-eagle on dolphin standing left.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Denomination
- drachm
- Recorded diameter
- 18 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 6.1 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Sinope
- Authority type
- City
- Weight standard
- Aeginetan
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of nymphe Sinope, left, wearing sphendone.
- Reverse type
- Sea-eagle on dolphin standing left.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΙΝΩ
Identification
- Period
- Classical Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/24394
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 24394
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Documented
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographyp. 195, nr. 24
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution