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cn type 19872

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Myrina 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Date

c. 386-276/261 BC

Classical/Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Helmeted head of Athena facing three-quarters to left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΜΥΡΙ
Design
Owl standing right, head facing.
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Metrology
Material
Diameter
Max: 17 mm / Min: 15 mm
Average Weight
3.53 g (6x)
Axes
11 (1x) 12 (4x)
Literature

Poole, BMC. Catalogue of Greek coins: the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, &c., Bologna 1979 p. 214, nr. 1

Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943 nr. 987 (c. 300 BC.) 

Bloesch, Griechische Münzen in Winterthur, Winterthur 1987 p. 119, nr. 1284 (c. 300 BC) 

Hoover and Ashton, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus): Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster 2010 p. 68, nr. 298 (c. 386-276/261 BC) 

Penna, The Mintage of Lemnos, 1994 p. 40 (c. 314-301 BC.) 

editions

cn.myrina_lemni.1_ed.5  🔍

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cn type 19872, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/19872 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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