cn coin 15776

Connected to Type

CN Type 2789 🔍

Mint
Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 415/414-413/412 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΑΙΝΙ
Design
Goat standing right, in incuse square.
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Symbol
ivy-branch (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm (triple siglos) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
Diameter
24 mm
Weight
15.82 g
Owner

British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, London, gb

Owner Inventory No.: 1919,1120.51

Provenience: Purchased from: Spink & Son Ltd. Previous owner/ex-collection: Sir (Dr) Hermann Weber

Citation

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 145, nr. 245 

Literature

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 142-146, nr. 244-248, pl. III

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 164, nr. 286

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cn coin 15776, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_15776 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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