cn type 23989
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cn type 23989

Mint
Sinope 🔍  
Date

c. 330-300 BC

Classical/Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of nymphe Sinope, left, wearing sphendone.
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Symbol
aplustre (position: on the left)
Reverse
Legend
ΣΙΝΩ ΣΩΣΤΡΑ
Design
Sea-eagle on dolphin standing left.
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Persons

Magistrate: Sostratos 🔍

Metrology
Denomination
drachm 🔍  
Standard: Aeginetan
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 21 mm / Min: 19 mm
Average Weight
5.97 g (1x)
Axes
6 (1x)
Citation

Waddington et al., Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie Mineure. Pont et Paphlagenie 1.1, Paris 1925 nr. 22  (magistrate name misread as Σωσια)  ❐

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. 6854  (magistrate name misread as Σωσιπα)  ❐

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cn type 23989, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/23989 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/19]

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