Sinope, silver coin — Eagle standing facing (CN type 24514)
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
330–250 BC
Issuing entity
SinopeCoin in silver struck at Sinope, dated 330–250 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 24514 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).
Obverse: Head of nymphe Sinope, left, wearing turreted stephane. Reverse: Eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread. Legend: ΣΙΝΩ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.98 g (from 1 recorded specimen) and a diameter of 14 mm (from 1 recorded specimen). Published references cited by the corpus: Stancomb, The William Stancomb collection of coins of the Black Sea region, 2000, nr. 785; Ashton et al., Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: England. Vol. 5 Pt. 9: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Bosporus - Aeolis, New York 2007, nr. 299.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 4
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Historical context
Sinope was located on the isthmus of İnce Burun and the Boztepe Peninsula near Cape Sinope, situated on the northernmost edge of the Black Sea coast in the ancient region of Paphlagonia. Striking civic coinage during the Hellenistic period, the city operated as an issuing authority between 330 and 250 BC.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver
- Recorded diameter
- 14 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 1.98 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Sinope
- Authority type
- City
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of nymphe Sinope, left, wearing turreted stephane.
- Reverse type
- Eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread.
- Reverse legend
- ΣΙΝΩ
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/24514
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 24514
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
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- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Recorded
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
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- Recorded
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Catalogue references
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