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cn coin 8291

Connected to Type

CN Type 325 🔍

Mint
Mesembria 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

175-100 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of an amazon, right.
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Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse ΜΕΣΑΜ-ΒΡΙΑΝΩΝ
Design
Athena (Alkis) advancing left, holding spear in raised right hand and shield in left hand.
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Metrology
Denomination
heavy denomination (bronze) 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
23 mm
Owner

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

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: London

Literature

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 380, nr. 122, pl. 122, pic. 122 ❐

Karayotov, The Coinage of Mesambria: Bronze Coins of Mesambria, Sozopol 2009 p. 372-386, nr. 1-202, pl. 118-125, pic. 1-202 ❐

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cn coin 8291, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8291 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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