cn coin 1709
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cn coin 1709

Connected to Type

CN Type 5975 🔍

Mint
Byzantion 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 387/386-340/339 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Die
Byz_0769z_V17z 🔍
Legend
Legend obverse ΒΥ
Design
Forepart of a bull standing left on dolphin, left, raising right forehoof.
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Reverse
Die
Byz_0769z_R19z 🔍
Design
Ornated trident head; in left field, monogram.
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Metrology
Denomination
hemidrachm 🔍  
Standard: Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 11 mm / Min: 9 mm
Axis
9
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: 769z, London 143

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Autonome Zeit, Berlin 1970 p. 122, nr. 769 ❐

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Byzantion. Autonome Zeit, Berlin 1970 p. 122, nr. 750-751, pl. 33, pic. 750 (Rhodian standard.)  ❐

Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017 p. 80, pl. 1388 (Chian standard.)  ❐

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cn coin 1709, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_1709 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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