cn type 19453

Edition

cn.samothrace.1_ed.51

Mint

Samothrake 🔍

Region: Thrace

Typology

Date

c. 168-80 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse

Design

Head of Athena, right, wearing Corinthian helmet.
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Reverse

Legend

ΣΑΜΟΘΡΑ ΑΡΙΣΤΟΞΕ

Design

Cybele enthroned left, wearing a polos, holding patera in outstretched right hand and pelleted sceptre in left arm.
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Symbol

lion seated, left (position: Beneath throne)

Persons

Magistrate: Aristoxenos 🔍

Metrology

Material

bronze 🔍

Diameter

Max: 21 mm / Min: 19 mm

Average Weight

7.69 g (2x)

Axes

1 (1x) 12 (1x)

Literature

Hoover and Ashton, Handbook of Coins of the Islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean and Carpathian Seas (Excluding Crete and Cyprus): Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster 2010 p. 74, nr. 321 (Denomination B, 2nd to early 1st cent. BC; different names.) ❐

Schwabacher, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Copenhagen. The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum. Part 7: Thrace 2: Odessus - Sestos. Islands. Kings and Dynasts 7, Copenhagen 1943 nr. 993 (c. 280 BC.) ❐

editions

cn.samothrace.1_ed.51 🔍

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cn type 19453, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.samothrace.1_ed.51 [Last downloaded: 2026/08/19]