cn type 2730
cn type 2730-0
cn type 2730-1
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cn type 2730

Mint
Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 453/452-451/450 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΑΙΝΙ
Design
Head of Hermes, right, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΝΤΙΑΔΑΣ
Design
Goat standing right within linear square; outside of linear square, nude horned Pan, right; all within incuse square.
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Persons

Magistrate: Antiadas 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm (triple siglos) 🔍  
Standard: Persian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 26.5 mm / Min: 24 mm
Average Weight
16.16 g (17x)
Axes
3 (2x) 9 (2x)
Public Commentary

Of this type many forgeries are known, Published in the IAPN BOC Vol 10, No. 2 in 1985, p. 16 - Examples 6

Citation

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 65-68, nr. 85-91, pl. III  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 161-162, nr. 279  ❐

editions

cn.aenus.1_ed.26  🔍

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cn type 2730, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/2730 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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