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cn coin 68537

Connected to Type

CN Type 23938 🔍

Mint
Sinope 🔍  
Date

c. 425-410 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Eagle head left above a dolphin left.
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Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square; two opposing quarters more deeply sunk, each containing a pellet.
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Symbol
Β (position: )
Pecularities

chisel cut

Metrology
Denomination
drachm 🔍  
Standard: Aeginetan
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 20 mm / Min: 15 mm
Weight
5.81 g
Owner

Münzkabinett Berlin, Berlin, de ❐

Owner Inventory No.: 18279550

Provenience: Imhoof-Blumer 1900 (ex Leontides)

Citation

Imhoof-Blumer and Keller, Tier- und Pflanzenbilder auf Münzen und Gemmen des klassischen Altertums, Leipzig 1889 p. 30, nr. 11, pl. 5, pic. 11  (only obv. illustrated)  ❐

Literature

Price, Sylloge nummorum Graecorum 9 The British Museum 1. The Black Sea, 1993 nr. 1371 (c. 425-410 BC)  ❐

Aulock and Franke, Sylloge nummorum graecorum Deutschland. Sammlung v. Aulock. Nachträge I. Pontus 6674-6790, Armenia Minor 6791-6792, Paphlagonien 6793-6877, Bithynien 6878-7190, Berlin 1967 nr. 6839 ❐

Web Reference: https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18279550 ❐

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cn coin 68537, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_68537 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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