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Sinope, silver coin — Eagle standing facing (CN type 24517)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

330–300 BC

Issuing entity

Sinope

Coin in silver struck at Sinope, dated 330–300 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 24517 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of nymphe Sinope, left, wearing sphendone. Reverse: Eagle standing facing, head left, wings spread. Legend: ΣΙΝΩ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.95 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 14–15 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993, nr. 1492; Dalaison, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. France 7. Département des monnaies, médailles et antiques. Paphlagonie, Pont et Arménie Mineure., Bordeaux 2015, nr. 501-502; Schwabacher, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum: the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen 1942, nr. 286.

Evidence at a glance

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Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics

Material
silver
Recorded diameter
14–15 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.95 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Sinope
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of nymphe Sinope, left, wearing sphendone.
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. 2 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/24517
Type corpus identifier
CN type 24517

Documentation checklist

Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Weight
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Mint or printer
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Mint or printer mark
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Catalogue reference
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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 24522

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΣΙΝΩ); dated 330–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 24523

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΣΙΝΩ); dated 330–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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