cn type 4242
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cn type 4242

Coinage
 

Tribe: Bisaltae  

Date

480-460 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Horseman (Hermes?) standing right, head left, with petasus and double spear pointing forward, leading horse right.
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Symbol
dot / pellet (position: on the right)
Reverse
Design
Quadripartite incuse square, divided by two crossed lines.
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Metrology
Denomination
half-stater (drachm) 🔍  
Standard: reduced Aeginetan
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 18 mm / Min: 16 mm
Average Weight
4.18 g (2x)
Citation

Gaebler, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands 3, 1906 p. 10, nr. 50, pl. 12, pic. 10  ❐

Literature

Delev, A History of the Tribes of South-western Thrace in the First Millenium B.C., Sofia 2014 p. 192 ❐

editions

cn.bisaltae.1_ed.9  🔍

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cn type 4242, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/4242 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/20]

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