cn type 22879
cn type 22879-0
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cn type 22879

Mint
Istros 🔍  

Region: Moesia inferior  

Date

c. 360/350-300 BC

Classical/Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Two young male heads, facing, side by side, right one inverted.
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Reverse
Legend
ΙΣΤΡΙΗ
Design
Sea-eagle on dolphin standing left.
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Symbol
A (position: below) Ι (position: Below wing)
Metrology
Denomination
drachm 🔍  
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
17 mm (2x)
Average Weight
5.47 g (4x)
Axes
4 (1x) 6 (1x)
Public Commentary

Group IV

Citation

Pick, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 1. Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien. 1. Halbbd. I 1, Berlin 1898 p. 164, nr. 435  ❐

Dima, The Silver Coinage of Istros during the Hellenistic Period, Wetteren 2014 p. 24, nr. 18  ❐

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cn type 22879, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/22879 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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