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Bisanthe, Bisanthe: nominal C — Cantharus (CN type 3826)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 300–200 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Bisanthe: nominal C in bronze struck at Bisanthe in Thrace, dated c. 300–200 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 3826 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Diademed head of Apollo, right. Reverse: Cantharus. Legend: ΒΙΣΑΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 1.08 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 10 mm (from 2 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: N. A. Mušmov, Antičnit moneti na Balkanskaja poluostrov i monetit na bulgarskit care, 1912, p. 177, nr. 3199, pl. 18,9, annot. VS sieht auf der Tafel eher aus wie Typ 12 bärtiger Dionysos.; Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Berlin 1975,, annot. not in ESG, Vgl. Nr. 58 mit VS bärtiger Dionysos.

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Historical context

Bisanthe was a major city in ancient Thrace situated on the coast of the Propontis, originally founded by the Samians. Around 400 BCE, the settlement formed part of the kingdom of the Thracian prince Seuthes II. During the Hellenistic Period, dating around c. 300–200 BC, the city acted as an issuing authority, producing civic bronze coinage bearing its Greek legend prior to its later renaming as Raedestum.

Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
Bisanthe: nominal C
Recorded diameter
10 mm (from 2 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
1.08 g (mean of 2 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Bisanthe
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Diademed head of Apollo, right.
Reverse type
Cantharus.
Reverse legend
ΒΙΣΑΝ

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/3826
Type corpus identifier
CN type 3826

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