cn coin 42452

Connected to Type

CN Type 19711 🔍

Mint

Samothrake 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 168-80 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
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Reverse

Legend

ΣΑΜΟ Α

Design

Head of ram, left.
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Symbol

caduceus (position: on the left)

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 11.4 mm / Min: 11.3 mm

Weight

1.03 g

Axis

Owner

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

Owner Inventory No.: 1949,0411.710

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: cn-samothrace_0309

Literature

Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943 nr. 1003 (c. 280 BC) ❐

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cn coin 42452, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_42452 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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