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cn coin 46451

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CN Type 2887 🔍

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Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 402/401-400/399 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes facing three-quarters left, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΙΝΙ
Design
Goat standing right, in incuse square.
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Symbol
grain of barley (position: at the bottom right)
Metrology
Denomination
Diobol 🔍  
Standard: Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Weight
1.26 g
Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Provenience: Gorny & Mosch 200 (10. Oct. 2011) 1304.

Literature

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 211-212, nr. 334-340, 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. 184-185, nr. 358+359, annot. Nr. 359: Beizeichen dort als Amphora beschrieben. Wird von May richtigerweise zu diesem Typ gelegt, da auch hier nicht Amphora, sondern Korn gezeigt ist. ❐

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cn coin 46451, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_46451 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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