cn coin 16791
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cn coin 16791

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CN Type 4203 🔍

Coinage
 

Tribe: Bisaltae  

Date

480-460 BC

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Obverse
Legend
ΒΙΣΑΛΤΙΚΟΝ
Design
Horseman (Hermes?) standing right with petasus and two spears, leading horse right.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
Tristater (Octadrachm) 🔍
Standard: reduced Aeginetan
Material
Diameter
30 mm
Weight
28.74 g
Owner

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Coin and Medal Collection, Glasgow, gb

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: S.48.2 XII,3, Hunter Kat. 1,268,1 28,74

Public Commentary

Bei einigen Exemplaren beginnt die Umschrift mit einem rundlichen Buchstaben, der ein B ersetzt.

Literature

Delev, A History of the Tribes of South-western Thrace in the First Millenium B.C., Sofia 2014 p. 191-192

Peykov, Catalogue of the Coins from Thrace. Part I: Tribal and Rulers' Coinages of Thracians, Paeonians, Celts and Scythians 5th c. B.C. - 1st c. A.D., Veliko Tărnovo 2011 p. 33-35, nr. A3030-A3070

Gaebler, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands 3, 1906 p. 48, nr. 1, pl. 12, pic. 2

Delev, A History of the Tribes of South-western Thrace in the First Millenium B.C., Sofia 2014 p. 191-192

Peykov, Catalogue of the Coins from Thrace. Part I: Tribal and Rulers' Coinages of Thracians, Paeonians, Celts and Scythians 5th c. B.C. - 1st c. A.D., Veliko Tărnovo 2011 p. 33-35, nr. A3030, A3035-A3070

Gaebler, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands 3, 1906 p. 48, nr. 1, pl. 12, pic. 2

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cn coin 16791, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_16791 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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