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cn type 2889

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Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 400/399-398/397 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes facing three-quarters left, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΙΝΙΟΝ
Design
Goat standing right, in incuse square.
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Symbol
torch (position: on the right)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27 mm / Min: 24 mm
Average Weight
15.68 g (9x)
Axes
12 (3x)
Citation

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 212-214, nr. 341-343  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 179, nr. 336  ❐

editions

cn.aenus.1_ed.76  🔍

Cite this record:

cn type 2889, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/2889 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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