cn coin 8699
cn coin 8699-0
cn coin 8699-1
Legend
Mint
Hoard
Findspot

cn coin 8699

Connected to Type

CN Type 2032 🔍

Mint
Bisanthe 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 300-200 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Dionysus, right, wearing ivy wreath.
go to the NLP result of this description
Reverse
Legend
Legend reverse Β-Ι
Design
Vine branch with bunches of grape on right and on left.
go to the NLP result of this description
Metrology
Denomination
Bisanthe: nominal C 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
12 mm
Weight
1.49 g
Owner

Istanbul Arkeoloji, Müzeleri Müdurlügü, Istanbul, tr

Please note that the current ownership is not confirmed.

Owner Inventory No.: 237

Reproduction Owner

BBAW, Berlin, [de] ❐

Plaster Cast No: BIS_2L_25_051o/r

Citation

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Berlin 1975 p. 11, nr. 55, pl. 2  ❐

Literature

Schönert-Geiß, Die Münzprägung von Bisanthe, Dikaia, Selymbria, Berlin 1975 p. 11, nr. 54-57 ❐

Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017 p. 69, nr. 1370 (Denomination D, dated for stilistic reasons to the 2nd c. BC.)  ❐

Cite this record:

cn coin 8699, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/CN_8699 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

License:

This record is licensed under: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike

Contact

Comments or information about this coin? Please email us