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cn coin 10587

Connected to Type

CN Type 310 🔍

Mint
Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

350-300 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Bare head of Melsas, right.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse Μ-Ε-Ͳ-Α
Design
Ethnic within pelta. Border of dots.
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Metrology
Denomination
light denomination (bronze) 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
13 mm
Weight
1.74 g
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18249024

Provenience: 1875 Prokesch-Osten - Vorbesitzer Prokesch von Osten

Public Commentary

IKMK: Interpretation als Kopf der Athena. Meines Erachtens handelt es sich allerdings um eine Melsas-Darstellung.

Literature

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 146-150, nr. 1-136 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 146-150, nr. 1-136, pl. 5-7, pic. 1-136 ❐

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cn coin 10587, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_10587 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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