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Alopekonnesos, small denomination (bronze) — Fox standing right (CN type 396)

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

c. 300–250 BC

Issuing entity

Thrace

Small denomination (bronze) struck at Alopekonnesos in Thrace, dated c. 300–250 BC. Corpus Nummorum, the online type corpus of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, records it as CN type 396 (period: Hellenistic Period; issuing authority type: city).

Obverse: Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Reverse: Fox standing right. Legend: ΑΛΩΠΕΚΟΝ. Measured specimens give a mean weight of 2.1 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens) and a diameter of 13–14 mm (from 7 recorded specimens). Published references cited by the corpus: Yarkin, The Coinage of Alopeconnesus in Thracian Chersonesus 187, 1978, p. 6, nr. 60-66, pl. I.

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Physical characteristics

Material
bronze
Denomination
small denomination (bronze)
Recorded diameter
13–14 mm (from 7 recorded specimens)
Recorded mean weight
2.1 g (mean of 9 recorded specimens)

Technical characteristics

Mint
Alopekonnesos
Region
Thrace
Authority type
City

Design

Obverse type
Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
Reverse type
Fox standing right.
Reverse legend
ΑΛΩΠΕΚΟΝ

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/396
Type corpus identifier
CN type 396

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