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cn coin 1596

Connected to Type

CN Type 6055 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. middle 3. c.-220/219 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_1015_V20 🔍
Design
Veiled head of Demeter, right, wearing corn wreath, earrings and necklace.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_1015_R31 🔍
Legend
Legend reverse ΒΥ // ΕΠΙ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΔΩΡ
Design
Poseidon seated right on rock, naked to waist, holding aplustre in outstretched right hand and trident in left arm over his shoulder; to right, monogram. Ground line.
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Persons

Magistrate: Olympiodoros 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Phoenician
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27 mm / Min: 26 mm
Weight
13.41 g
Axis
12
Owner

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

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: 1015, London 221

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Autonome Zeit, Berlin 1970 p. 135, nr. 1015.4, pl. 45, pic. 1015/4  ❐

Svoronos, Νομίσματα ανάλεκτα 3, 1839 pl. 1, pic. 3  ❐

Sotheby, Catalogue of the Northwick collection 1 = Auktionskatalog Sotheby, London Dezember 1859, London 1859 nr. 489  ❐

Sotheby, Catalogue of the Bunbury collection of Greek coins = Auktionskatalog Sotheby, London Juni 1896, London 1896 pl. 5, pic. 579  ❐

Hill, A Handbook of Greek and Roman Coins: With 15 collotype plates, London 1899 pl. 9, pic. 3  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Autonome Zeit, Berlin 1970 p. 135, nr. 1015-1016, pl. 45 ❐

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cn coin 1596, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_1596 [Last downloaded: 2026/06/06]

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