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cn coin 58169

Connected to Type
CN Type 2218 🔍
Mint
Apros 🔍
Region: Thrace
Typology
Date
260-252/50 oder 240/230-218/213
Hellenistic Period  🔍
Obverse
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΠΡΗΝΩΝ
Design
Oval shield.
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Symbol
lyre (position: top right)
Metrology
Denomination
small denomination (bronze) 🔍
Material
bronze  🔍
Diameter
15.4 mm
Weight
3.51 g
Axis
11
Owner
BBAW, Berlin, de  
Provenience: SHH 7025; Savoca eBay (23.01.2020)
Literature
Manov and Damyanov, The first mint of Cavarus, the last king of the Celtic Kingdom in Thrace, 2013 p. 17, pl. 2, pic. 1+1a  
Draganov, Coins of the unknown mint of Apros in Thrace, Madrid 2005 p. 339, pic. 1-3  
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. 60, nr. 1352 (Denomination C. The dating of the coinage dedpends on the dating of the reign of Cavarus for which to possibilities, ca. 260-252/50 v. Chr. oder 240/230-218/213, are discussed.)   
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cn coin 58169, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_58169 [Last downloaded: 2024/12/12]
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