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cn coin 5988

Mint
Chersonesus Thracica 🔍
Region: Thrace
Typology
Date
c. 480-350 BC
Classical Period  🔍
Obverse
Design
Forepart of a prancing lion, right, head left, forepaws raised and with open jaws.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square; two opposing quarters more deeply sunk and one containing a pellet.
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Metrology
Denomination
Tetrobol 🔍
Material
silver  🔍
Diameter
14 mm
Weight
2.36 g
Axis
5
Owner
The Princeton University Numismatic Collection, Princeton, us  
Owner Inventory No.: Issue 453
Provenience: Coll. Firestone; Anonymous Class of \'64, Princeton class of 1964, 12/18/2002.
Public Commentary
Cannot be assigned to a type as one symbol on the reverse is indistinct.
Literature
Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 185, nr. 34  
Sear, Greek Coins and their Values, London 1994 nr. 1602  
Cite this record:
cn coin 5988, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_5988 [Last downloaded: 2024/12/03]
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