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Alopekonnesos, small denomination (bronze) — Cantharus (CN type 338)

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 400–300 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Small denomination (bronze) struck at Alopekonnesos in Thrace, dated c. 400–300 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 338 (period: Classical Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of (youthful) Dionysus/of a maenad, right, wearing ivy wreath. Reverse: Cantharus. Legend: ΑΛΩ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.6 g (mean of 8 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 12–14 mm (from 6 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Yarkin, The Coinage of Alopeconnesus in Thracian Chersonesus 187, 1978, p. 3, nr. 1-7, pl. I, pic. 1,7.

Evidence at a glance

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2
Photograph views
5
Catalogue references
1

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
small denomination (bronze)
Recorded diameter
12–14 mm (from 6 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.6 g (mean of 8 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Alopekonnesos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of (youthful) Dionysus/of a maenad, right, wearing ivy wreath.
Reverse type
Cantharus.
Reverse legend
ΑΛΩ

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. 4 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/338
Type corpus identifier
CN type 338

Documentation checklist

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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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Catalogue references

Varieties

  • CN type 1966

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΑΛΩ); dated 400–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 1986

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΑΛΩ); dated 400–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 1992

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΑΛΩ); dated c. 400–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

  • CN type 21547

    Same mint, denomination and design (reverse legend ΑΛΩ); dated c. 400–300 BC. Consolidated into this entry

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