cn type 11937
cn type 11937-0
cn type 11937-1
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cn type 11937

Edition
cn.sestus.1_ed.60
Mint
Sestos 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

c. 150-100 BC

Hellenistic Period 🔍

Obverse
Design
Head of young man with short hair, left.
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Reverse
Legend
ΣΗΣ
Design
Cornucopia.
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Symbol
Z or N (position: on the left)
Metrology
Denomination
middle denomination (Bronze) 🔍
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
13 mm (1x)
Average Weight
2.62 g (1x)
Axes
12 (1x)
Public Commentary

Beizeichen Z oder N? Symbol Z or N?

Literature

Fritze, Sestos. Die Menas-Inschrift und das Münzwesen der Stadt 1, 1907 p. 7, nr. 23 ❐

nr. 944 ❐

Hoover, Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike: sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, Pa. London 2017 p. 174, nr. 1658 (Withour mention of Z or N.)  ❐

editions

cn.sestus.1_ed.60  🔍

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cn type 11937, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/cn.sestus.1_ed.60 [Last downloaded: 2026/04/23]

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