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cn coin 14256

Forgery

Identified as a forgery in the Paris Collection

Connected to types 2445 🔍

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Connected to Type

CN Type 2445 🔍

Mint
Abydos 🔍  

Region: Troas  

Date

c. 365-335 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Laureate head of Apollo, right.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΜΟΛΠΑΣ - ΑΒΥ
Design
Eagle standing right, wings closed. 
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Persons

Magistrate: Molpas (Abydos) 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 25 mm / Min: 23.5 mm
Weight
16.45 g
Owner

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Paris, fr ❐

Owner Inventory No.: Hoffmann 88

Public Commentary

cast forgery

Literature

Pellerin, Recueil de médailles de peuples et de villes, qui n'ont point encore été publiées, ou qui sont peu connues, Paris 1763 pl. LI, pic. 9 ❐

Mionnet, S.T.5. Description de médailles antiques grecques et romaines avec leur degré de rareté et leur estimation 5, Paris 1830 pl. IV, pic. 4 ❐

Babelon, Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines II.2, Paris 1910 p. 1328, nr. 2452, pl. CLXVIII, pic. 4 ❐

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cn coin 14256, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_14256 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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