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cn coin 68947

Connected to Type
CN Type 2724 🔍
Mint
Ainos 🔍
Region: Thrace
Typology
Date
c. 455/454-453/452 BC
Classical Period  🔍
Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΙΝΙ
Design
Goat standing right, in incuse square.
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Symbol
herm on throne to right (position: at the bottom right)
Pecularities
galvano
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm (triple siglos) 🔍
Material
silver  🔍
Diameter
24 mm
Weight
15.51 g
Axis
9
Owner
Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, de  
Owner Inventory No.: M 2863
Provenience: GPN 55
Literature
May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 57-63, nr. 67-74, pl. II+III (Symbol with kerykeion next to throne: Nos. 68.69.70.71.74; Symbol with a goat figure on the armrest: Nos. 67.72.73)   
Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 156-157, nr. 259-260 (caduceus: 259; goat: 260)   
Web Reference: https://mk-bochum.ikmk.net/object?id=ID3119  
Cite this record:
cn coin 68947, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_68947 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/16]
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