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Paktye, bronze coin — Barley-grain (CN type 2704)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

375–325 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Coin in bronze struck at Paktye in Thrace, dated 375–325 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 2704 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Lion's head, left. Reverse: Barley-grain. Legend: ΠΑΚΤΥ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.11 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 10.6–12 mm (from 7 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Randig, Die erste bekannte Münze der Stadt Paktye auf der thrakischen Chersones 7, 2010, p. 159, pic. 1; Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017, p. 155, nr. 1604.

Evidence at a glance

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Historical context

Pactya, or Paktye, was an ancient Greek city situated on the Thracian Chersonesus in Thrace. According to tradition, the town was founded by Miltiades, and Herodotus records that Miltiades the Elder constructed a wall between Cardia and Pactya on the Propontis side to prevent invasions by the Apsinthii. The city was a member of the Delian League during the Classical Period before later joining with Cardia to form Lysimachia.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Recorded diameter
10.6–12 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.11 g (mean of 7 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Paktye
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Lion's head, left.
Reverse type
Barley-grain
Reverse legend
ΠΑΚΤΥ

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.
Type corpus record
https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/2704
Type corpus identifier
CN type 2704

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