cn coin 20768
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cn coin 20768

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CN Type 2806 🔍

Mint
Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 410/409-408/407 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
laurel-spray (position: at the bottom right)
Metrology
Denomination
diobol (quarter siglos) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de]

Plaster Cast No: AIN_2L_12_064

Public Commentary

Branch according to AMNG laurel, to May willow. May No. 279 and May 281-287, which are in successive groups are here merged to one type. Motif and legend are identical, only the execution of the hair on the obverse differs. Zweig nach AMNG Lorbeer, nach May Weide. hier wurden May Nr. 279 und May 281-287, die bei ihm in aufeinanderfolgenden Gruppen sind, zu einem Typ zusammengelegt. Motiv und Legende sind identisch, lediglich die Ausführung der Haare auf der Vorderseite unterscheidet sich.\r\n

Citation

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 169-170, nr. 302.1 

Literature

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 159-162, nr. 279+281-287, pl. IX

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 159-162, nr. 279+281-287, pl. IX

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 169-170, nr. 302

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cn coin 20768, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_20768 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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