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cn type 2953

Edition
cn.aenus.1_ed.101
Mint
Ainos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 380/379-378/377 BC

Classical Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of Hermes facing, slightly left, wearing petasus.
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Reverse
Legend
ΑΙΝΙΟΝ
Design
Goat standing right, in incuse square.
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Symbol
star (position: at the bottom right)
Metrology
Denomination
tetradrachm 🔍  
Standard: Chian
Material
silver 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 28 mm / Min: 26 mm
Average Weight
15.64 g (10x)
Axes
12 (5x)
Public Commentary

Forgeries of this type are known, see Bulletin on Counterfeits 17.1, 1992, p. 10.

Citation

May, Ainos, its History and Coinage, 474-341 B.C, London 1950 p. 237-239, nr. 390-394, pl. VI  ❐

Strack and Münzer, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands. 2. Die Münzen der Thraker und der Städte Abdera, Ainos, Anchialos 1. Halbbd., Berlin 1912 p. 180, nr. 341  ❐

editions

cn.aenus.1_ed.101  🔍

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cn type 2953, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.aenus.1_ed.101 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/17]

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