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cn coin 15779

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CN Type 2958 🔍

Mint
Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 378/377-377/376 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes facing three-quarters left, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΙΝΙΟΝ
Design
Goat standing right, in incuse square.
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Symbol
laurel-spray (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
24 mm
Weight
15.74 g
Owner

American Numismatic Society, New York, us ❐

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: 1967.152.221

Provenience: Erworben von: Late Collector, Carfrae Sale 127

Citation

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 240, nr. 396a  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 176, nr. 325,1  ❐

Literature

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 239-240, nr. 396 ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 176, nr. 325 ❐

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cn coin 15779, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_15779 [Last downloaded: 2026/06/16]

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