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cn coin 51164

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Sestos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 150-100 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes, left, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΣΗΣ
Design
Lyre.
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Symbol
indistinct symbol (position: on the left)
Metrology
Denomination
middle denomination (Bronze) 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
13 mm
Weight
2.19 g
Owner

commerce / im Handel, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Provenience: Savoca Numismatik eA 13 (30.11.2018) lot 239

Public Commentary

Cannot be assigned to any type due to the indistinct symbol on the reverse on the left.

Citation

Fritze, Sestos. Die Menas-Inschrift und das Münzwesen der Stadt 1, 1907 p. 6, nr. 16, pl. 1,30  ❐

Literature

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Kopenhagen 6/2, Kopenhagen nr. 936-937 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 51164, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_51164 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/23]

License:

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