cn coin 52961

Forgery

This type has been forged by Becker and Christodoulos. The example here is not identical to dies of the Christodoulos forgery in the publication by Svoronos. Is in the forgeries collection in the Berlin Coin Cabinet.

Connected to types 2794 🔍

side: both
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Mint

Ainos 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

Obverse

Design

Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
go to the NLP result of this description

Reverse

Legend

ΑΙΝΙ

Design

Goat standing right, in incuse square.
go to the NLP result of this description

Symbol

caduceus (position: at the bottom right)

Metrology

Denomination

tetradrachm (triple siglos) 🔍
Standard: Persian

Material

silver 🔍

Owner

Unknown, ,

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, [de] ❐

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. 165, nr. 288,26 ❐

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 150, nr. 253a ❐

Svorōnos, Synopsis de mille coins faux du faussaire C. Christodoulos, Athenes 1922 nr. 33, pl. B (type, but other dies) ❐

Hill, Becker the counterfeiter, London 1955 p. 65, pl. 3, pic. 35 ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 52961, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_52961 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]